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What do you mean by the term dipole moment

What do you mean by the term dipole moment? Briefly describe it.

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The Dipole moment is a measure of polarity of the polar covalent bond. This is stated as the product magnitude of charge on the atoms and the distance among the two bonded atoms. Its general unit is debye and SI unit is columb meter.

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