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( Art Ellis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the lecture room)

So let me ask you, for either of these structures, do we have a dipole moment? Does this have a dipole, Yes or no? Does this have a dipole, Yes or no? How many of you think this one does? How many think it doesn't? How many think this does? Doesn't? OK, why don't you discuss it with your neighbors for a second or two. ... What do you folks think?

 

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