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The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Quiz

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What did Robert Andrews Millikan's oil drop experiment reveal about the charge of every oil drop?

The charge on every oil drop was an integral multiple of $1.6 imes 10^{-19}$ Coulomb (correct)

The charge on every oil drop was exactly $1.6 imes 10^{-19}$ Coulomb

The charge on every oil drop was unpredictable

The charge on every oil drop was a fraction of $1.6 imes 10^{-19}$ Coulomb

According to Ernest Rutherford's foundation, where is most of the mass of an atom concentrated?

In the region where electrons revolve

Evenly distributed throughout the atom

In the extra-nuclear part

In the extremely charged nucleus (correct)

Who informed the world about the third subatomic particle that was neutral and a part of the nucleus?

J.J. Thomson

James Chadwick (correct)

Ernest Rutherford

Robert Andrews Millikan

What did Robert Andrews Millikan deduce about the charge of Thomson's electrons based on his oil drop experiment?

<p>The charge of Thomson's electrons is $1.6 imes 10^{-19}$ Coulomb</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year did Ernest Rutherford lay the foundation that the atom consists of an extremely charged region called nucleus?

<p>1911</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Subatomic Particles

Robert Andrews Millikan's oil drop experiment revealed that the charge of every oil drop is a multiple of the elementary charge (e).
Most of the mass of an atom is concentrated in the nucleus, according to Ernest Rutherford's foundation.
James Chadwick informed the world about the third subatomic particle, the neutron, which is neutral and a part of the nucleus.
Based on his oil drop experiment, Robert Andrews Millikan deduced that the charge of Thomson's electrons is a discrete quantity, and that the charge of every electron is identical.
In 1911, Ernest Rutherford laid the foundation that the atom consists of an extremely charged region called the nucleus.

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Quiz: Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Test your knowledge of the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment, a groundbreaking study in physics that determined the charge of the electron. Explore the key concepts and discoveries from this experiment.