Data Analysis in Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment
In a hypothetical Millikan oil-drop experiment designed to investigate the nature of electric charge, the following net charges were measured on different oil droplets: – Droplet 1: \(1.6\times10^{-19}\,\text{C}\) – Droplet 2: \(3.2\times10^{-19}\,\text{C}\) – Droplet 3: \(4.8\times10^{-19}\,\text{C}\) – Droplet 4: \(6.4\times10^{-19}\,\text{C}\) Analyze these measurements to provide evidence for the quantization of electric charge and determine an […]
Part b
Using the provided charge measurements, calculate an estimate for the elementary charge \(e\).