Dipole moment units

[claudia_1h]

The units of the dipole moment (C x m) have me somewhat confused. What does the calculation for a dipole moment (charge x distance) actually tell you? Is it the strength of the interaction?

[DarrenKim_1H]

Like you said, the SI unit is Coulombs times Meter and it denotes the magnitude of charge times the distance between them

[Kimberly Koo 2I]

The calculation for the dipole moment actually tells you the measurement for the separation of two opposite charges of molecules.

[405398682]

Dipole moment calculates the polarity of the chemical bond (how different the polarity between the two atoms are)

[KnarGeghamyan1B]

Usually they are written in Debye which are 1 x 10^-18 C*m. It is just more applicable for working with small numbers.