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Electric susceptibility - Definition

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The electric susceptibility χe is essentially the constant of proportionality (which may be a tensor) relating an applied electric field E to the induced dielectric polarisation P such that:

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{\mathbf P}=\epsilon_0\chi_e{\mathbf E} <math>

Where ε0 is the electric permittivity of free space.

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