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Grade 12Electrostatics

Name the experiment which established quantum nature of electric charge

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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9 Years ago
The oil drop experiment was performed by Robert A. Millikan and Harvey Fletcher in 1909 to measure the elementary electric charge (the charge of the electron). The experiment entailed observing tiny charged droplets of oil between two horizontal metal electrodes.

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