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The dipole moment 
are tending to align to the strong field inside 
on the surface and points away from the surface outside 
where the field is weaker, see equation (20). The radial force on the dipole on the surface is due to this effect attractive inside 
and repulsive outside, tending to create a mound made of surface material with maximum radius 
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