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The frictional torque on a slowly rotating dipole due to dielectric loss in the surrounding medium is calculated using continuum electrodynamics. In typical cases, this dielectric friction can account for 10% to 20% of the total frictional torque on the dipole.
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Robert Zwanzig (1963) studied this question.
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