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MINKOWSKI'S momentum–energy tensor1 for material media was severely criticised by Einstein and Laub2. The density force on matter according to these authors is: 
with D =ε0E+P, B = μ0H+M and using SI units.
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WALKER, G., LAHOZ, D. Experimental observation of Abraham force in a dielectric. Nature 253, 339–340 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253339a0
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