Millikan oil-drop experiment
GPTKB entity
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Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
scientific research
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gptkbp:awarded |
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics_1923_(to_Millikan)
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gptkbp:conductedBy |
gptkb:Robert_A._Millikan
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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
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gptkbp:influenced |
modern physics
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
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gptkbp:method |
observing charged oil droplets in an electric field
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gptkbp:publicationYear |
1913
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gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Physical_Review
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gptkbp:purpose |
measure the elementary electric charge
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
atomic physics
electron elementary charge |
gptkbp:result |
determined the charge of the electron
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gptkbp:significance |
provided evidence for quantization of electric charge
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gptkbp:year |
1909
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:oil-drop_experiment
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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