1. Nov 23, 2011 #1

   jayjay713

   

   How did he determine the mass of an oil drop and the charge of the electron?

    

   jayjay713, Nov 23, 2011
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3. Nov 23, 2011 #2

   grzz

   

   As regards the mass of the drop i think that he used
   
   mass = volume x density
   
   and assumed a spherical shape, knowing the density of the oil, and eliminating the radius r of the drop by doing more than one experiment.

    

   grzz, Nov 23, 2011

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