Question

    The absolute value of the charge on electron was determined by-

    A J.J. Thomson Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B R.A. Millikan Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Chadwick Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Rutherford Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Robert Andrews Millikan was an American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electric charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect. Millikan graduated from Oberlin College in 1891 and obtained his doctorate at Columbia University in 1895.

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