GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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CHEMISTRY

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Robert Millikan found that the charge of an electron is equal to ____
A
-9.10 x10^-28 C
B
+9.10 x10^-28 C
C
+1.6022 x10^-19 C
D
-1.6022 x10^-19 C
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Millikan determined the charge of the electron to be 4.77 ± 0.009×10−10 electrostatic units (1.592×10−19 coulombs).

Detailed explanation-2: -His earliest major success was the accurate determination of the charge carried by an electron, using the elegant “falling-drop method”; he also proved that this quantity was a constant for all electrons (1910), thus demonstrating the atomic structure of electricity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment: Measuring the Charge of the Electron. The American scientist Robert Millikan (1868–1953) carried out a series of experiments using electrically charged oil droplets, which allowed him to calculate the charge on a single electron.

Detailed explanation-4: -March 22, 1868-December 19, 1953 Robert Millikan was a physicist who discovered the elementary charge of an electron using the oil-drop experiment.

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