Millikan oil-drop experiment

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific research
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics_1923_(to_Millikan)
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Robert_A._Millikan
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:electron_microscope
X-ray source
atomizer
capacitor plates
oil droplets
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Millikan oil-drop experiment
gptkbp:influenced modern physics
gptkbp:location gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:method observing charged oil droplets in an electric field
gptkbp:publicationYear 1913
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Physical_Review
gptkbp:purpose measure the elementary electric charge
gptkbp:relatedTo atomic physics
electron
elementary charge
gptkbp:result determined the charge of the electron
gptkbp:significance provided evidence for quantization of electric charge
gptkbp:year 1909
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:oil-drop_experiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5