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Debye
A common non-SI unit of dipole moment , named for Dutch physical chemist Peter Debye. A charge separation equal to one electron charge placed one Ångstrom unit apart has a dipole moment of 4.8 D. In SI units, 1 D = 3.338 × 10-30 coulomb meters.
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