Answer to Question #218289 in Electricity and Magnetism for Anita

Question

Which of the following statements are incorrect?

(a) The conductivities of conductors and insulators vary with temperature and frequency. (b) A conductor is an equipotential body in steady state, and E is always tangential to the conductor.

(c) Nonpolar molecules have no permanent dipoles.

(d) In a linear dielectric, P varies linearly with E.

Answer 1

Answer:-

(c) Nonpolar molecules have no permanent dipoles.

As due to internal bond , there is dipole moment