Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment

Millikan’s Oil Drop

Experiment
The Experiment was performed by Robert Millikan.

Millikan oil-drop experiment gives measurement of

the electric charge of a electron which is

1.6× 10  coulomb.−19
Experimental Setup
Experimental Figure
Experiment
This method was based upon the
measurement of the terminal velocity of
an oil drop.
1.Motion of Oil Drop under gravity alone
2.Motion of Oil Drop under electric effect
Experiment
Experiment
Conclusion

Q = ne
Where n = integral multiple
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