Millikan oil drop experiment
GPTKB entity
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:scientific_experiments
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| gptkbp:conducted |
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
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| gptkbp:contributed_to |
understanding of atomic structure
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| gptkbp:discovered_by |
gptkb:Robert_A._Millikan
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| gptkbp:equipment |
gptkb:scientific_experiments
high-voltage power supply photographic plate |
| gptkbp:experimental_setup |
cylindrical capacitor
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Millikan oil drop experiment
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| gptkbp:impact |
electron charge quantization
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Physics
modern physics atomic physics |
| gptkbp:involved |
ionization of air
droplet charging electric field manipulation |
| gptkbp:is_cited_in |
gptkb:literature
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| gptkbp:is_considered |
a classic experiment
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| gptkbp:is_noted_for |
gptkb:historical_significance
precision measurements methodological innovation impact on technology impact on science education influence on future experiments contribution to fundamental physics contribution to atomic theory contribution to charge quantization contribution to experimental physics |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
history of physics
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| gptkbp:is_related_to |
gptkb:Avogadro's_number
gptkb:quantum_theory gptkb:Planck's_constant photoelectric effect Coulomb's law |
| gptkbp:is_studied_in |
physics courses
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| gptkbp:is_used_in |
educational demonstrations
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| gptkbp:led_to |
further studies on electron properties
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| gptkbp:measured_quantity |
electric charge
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| gptkbp:observed_phenomenon |
falling oil droplets
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| gptkbp:published_by |
1911
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| gptkbp:published_in |
gptkb:Physical_Review
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| gptkbp:purpose |
measure the charge of the electron
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| gptkbp:related_concept |
gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
electromagnetism |
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
Millikan's oil drop equation
Millikan's Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 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
balancing gravitational and electric forces |
| gptkbp:used_oil_type |
gptkb:oil
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| gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of |
discreteness of electric charge
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| gptkbp:year |
1909
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Robert_Millikan
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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