In the Millikan Oil Drop experiment, Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher determined the elementary electric charge. By dropping a negatively charged oil drop through an electric field, they balanced the downwards force of gravity with an upwards electric force. You conduct a similar experiment by levitating a negatively charged oil drop. If the electrostatic force is 1.96E-30, what is the mass of the particle in kg?

In the Millikan Oil Drop experiment, Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher determined the elementary electric charge. By dropping a negatively charged oil drop through an electric field, they balanced the downwards force of gravity with an upwards electric force. You conduct a similar experiment by levitating a negatively charged oil drop. If the electrostatic force is 1.96E-30, what is the mass of the particle in kg?

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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