Motion of a Charged
Particle in an Electric
Field
An Electron Moving
Across a Capacitor
Deflecting an Electron
Beam
Motion of a Dipole in
an Electric Field
Torque on a Dipole
Dipoles in a Nonuniform Electric Field
 The net force on a dipole is toward the
direction of the strongest field.
 A dipole will experience a net force toward any
charged object.