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[http://openwetware.org/images/e/ea/Pasco_millikan_manual.pdf Milkman Oil drop experiment procedure]
[http://openwetware.org/images/e/ea/Pasco_millikan_manual.pdf Milkman Oil drop experiment procedure] procedure begins on page 7


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Millikan Oil Drop

Equipment

Safety

Set Up

Notes

Day 1

  • Worked with Elizabeth Allen
  • Went through a safety brief with Dr. Koch and discussed whats going on in this lab
  • used several books to get the height just right to view the eyepiece
  • Set up the equipment and adjusted the eyepiece suing the focusing wire to get the grid into focus
  • Hooked up the multimeter to the what ever to record the current and looked on the chart on the apparatus to find out at what temp that the experiment was being conducted and also found out what voltage is being applied to the capacitor plates
  • Put some oil on the plates using the dropper and started to take data

Day 2

References

Summary of the Millikan Oil Drop Lab

Milkman Oil drop experiment procedure procedure begins on page 7

David's Home

David's Notebook

Physics307L:Labs/Millikan