Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment

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• What did Millikan's oil drop experiment reveal about the nature of electric charge?
• What did Millikan's experiment determine?
• Why is Millikan's experiment important?
• How did Robert Millikan's oil drop experiment change scientists' view of the atom?
• How did Robert Millikan's oil drop experiment change the model of the atom?
• What kind of experimental equipment did Robert Millikan use?
• Did Robert Millikan come up with the atomic structure?
• Did Robert Millikan win the Nobel Prize because of the oil drop experiment?
• How many drops did Millikan measure in the original experiment?
• What type of oil did Millikan use for his experiment?
• What is the charge of the electron according to Millikan's oil drop experiment?
• What did Millikan's experimental apparatus look like?
• How did Millikan's oil drop experiment increase our understanding of sub-atomic particles?
• What was the big surprise in Millikan's oil drop experiment?
• Why does the oil drop in Millikan's oil drop experiment fall so slowly?
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• Using charles' law and understanding of what is happening at the particle level, explain why a marshmallow expands in size when you microwave it?
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