Dual-Purpose Millikan Experiment with Polystyrene Spheres.

Wall, C. N.; Christensen, F. E.

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ERIC Number: EJ124798

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Publication Date: 1975

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Dual-Purpose Millikan Experiment with Polystyrene Spheres

Wall, C. N.; Christensen, F. E.

American Journal of Physics, 43, 5, 408-413, May 75

This procedure, using polystyrene spheres of specified diameter, renders the Millikan oil drop experiment more accurate than the conventional procedure of the polystyrene spheres, eliminates size estimation error, and removes the guesswork involved in assigning proper index integers to the observed charges. (MLH)

Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Materials

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