permittivity



 CCLers:
 In the expression for Coulombic potential
                    e^2
      V(r) = -  -----------
               4  pi  Eo  r
 where Eo the permittivity of free space; e charge; r distance between
 electron and proton. Could someone enlighten me the significance
 of permittivity, what actually it means and why does the coulombic
 potential decreases with the increase in permittivity.
 Thanks
 Artiben
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