Millikan Oil Drop

Description

In this classic experiment, you use the motion of charged oil droplets in and out of an electric field to measure the charge of the electron.

2/15/2012 Motic Camera added. Use Motic Imaging software. Go to File-->Settings and set "Capture Source Select" to "MC1001/MC2001" to connect software to camera. Set other parameters as desired. Then File --> Capture Window will show output of camera. Camera native resolution is 1600 x 1200 pixels.

Manuals

Experiment: Media:Mk8210.pdf