I have confusion: 1 debye = #10^ -18# esu cm = #3.335 xx 10^30# C-m ( coulomb meter), How it is? please prove. Thanks.

2 Answers
Nov 12, 2017

Dipole Moment (#mu#) between two charges separated by distance #d# is

# mu= q × d#

Historically the debye was defined as the dipole moment resulting from two charges of opposite sign but an equal magnitude of #10^-10#statcoulomb (generally called e.s.u. (electrostatic unit) in older literature), which were separated by 1 ångström (#= 10^-8 "cm"#)

#"1 Debye = "10^-10"esu × "10^-8"cm"#

#= ""10^-18" esu cm"#

# = 10^-18 cancel"esu" cancel"cm" × (3.335 × 10^-10 "C")/cancel"esu" × (10^-2 "m")/cancel"cm"#

# = 3.335 × 10^-30 color(white)(.) "Cm"#

Nov 12, 2017

See the answer below...

Explanation:

Given that:-

#1# debye =#10^-18# esu-cm #=1# esu #xx# #1 # cm #xx10^-18#
#color(white)(mmmmmmmmmmmm##=1/(3xx10^9)xx1/100xx10^-18#
#color(white)(mmmmmmmmmmmm##=3.333xx10^-30 # col-m

Hope it helps...
Thank you...

You answer is a bit wrong ...it will be inverse power...