Análisis del experimento de millikan

Abstract

This experiment demonstrated the quantization of the charge and measured the magnitude of the charge of the electron. It is an experiment that is repeated in school laboratories, causing many disappointments; although it is interesting to interpret the data presented at his Nobel Prize reception and in an article in Physical Review. Millikan spent many years refining the experiment, reducing convection currents and the size of the oil droplets, used to reduce evaporation from the droplet. His best data correspond to drops so small that it took 120 seconds to fall 1,303 cm, which can be made to rise with 1 to 4 electrons. In school laboratories, few manage to measure the same drop in several cycles of up and down, which makes them report incredible data and feel frustrated with their results. Measuring the rate of fall allows you to calculate how many electrons your droplet needs to overcome gravity.