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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: electric susceptibility
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Symbol: χ
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Definition: scalar or tensor quantity the product of which by the electric constant ε0 and by the electric field strength E is equal to the electric polarization P:

P = ε0 χ E

NOTE – For an isotropic medium the electric susceptibility is a scalar; for an anisotropic medium it is a tensor.


Publication date:1998-08
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Internal notes:2015-12-04: <sub>o</sub> corrected to <sub>0</sub>. JGO
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