We have to find the work required to turn an electric dipole end for end in a uniform electric field , in terms of the dipole moment and the initial angle between and .

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We recall that the potential energy of an electric dipole in an electric field, when is the angle between and , is

If an electric dipole is flipped from its initial position with angle its final angle will be .

So the work done in flipping a dipole will be