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The ease with which the charge distribution in a molecule can be distorted by an external electrical field is called the ________.
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The ease with which the charge distribution in a molecule can be distorted by an external electrical field is called the ________.

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It is called polarizability. A dipole moment is needed for the molecule or atom due to the distortion of the electron cloud. A dipole is a pair of electrical charges that have opposite signs and during a dipole moment two charges separate.
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