Millikan oil drop experiment
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
scientific experiment
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| gptkbp:contributedTo |
understanding of atomic structure
understanding of fundamental charge |
| gptkbp:equipment |
power supply
microscope electroscope |
| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:Robert_A._Millikan
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| gptkbp:exhibits |
quantization of electric charge
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| gptkbp:hasArea |
static electricity experiment
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| gptkbp:hasRelatedPatent |
environmental science
electrical engineering material science pharmaceuticals nanotechnology |
| 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:inspiration |
further research in particle physics
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| gptkbp:involves |
balancing forces on droplets
measurement of droplet charge measurement of droplet size |
| gptkbp:isAssociatedWith |
gptkb:Robert_A._Millikan
gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford gptkb:Albert_A._Michelson gptkb:J.J._Thomson John W. Strutt |
| gptkbp:isCitedIn |
scientific literature
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| gptkbp:isDiscussedIn |
academic papers
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| gptkbp:isExaminedBy |
textbooks
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| gptkbp:isPartOf |
educational curriculum
scientific methodology experimental physics history of physics |
| gptkbp:isRecognizedBy |
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
scientific community |
| gptkbp:isStudiedIn |
research institutions
high school physics classes university laboratories |
| gptkbp:isUsedFor |
laboratory settings
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| gptkbp:occursAnnually |
oil droplets being charged
oil droplets falling under gravity |
| gptkbp:publishedIn |
Physical Review
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| gptkbp:purpose |
measure the charge of the electron
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| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
electromagnetism
quantum_mechanics |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Avogadro's_number
gptkb:Planck's_constant photoelectric effect |
| gptkbp:result |
determined the charge of the electron to be approximately 1.602 x 10^-19 coulombs
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| gptkbp:significance |
provided the first accurate measurement of the electron charge
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| gptkbp:technique |
suspending charged oil droplets in an electric field
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| gptkbp:training |
physics courses
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| gptkbp:usedIn |
mineral oil
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| gptkbp:year |
1909
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