Oil drop experiment
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title:
Oil drop experiment
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The oil drop experiment was performed by Robert A. Millikan and Harvey Fletcher in 1909 to measure the elementary electric charge. The experiment took place in the Ryerson Physical Laboratory at the University of Chicago. Millikan received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923. The experiment entailed observing tiny electrically charged droplets of oil located between two parallel metal surfaces, forming the plates of a capacitor. The plates were oriented horizontally, with one plate above the othe
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Experiment to measure elementary electric charge
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment
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2003-02-23T16:03:26Z
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2024-09-10T21:56:23Z
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