Question

How did Robert Millikan's oil drop experiment change scientists' view of the atom?

Answer 1

Excellent question regarding Millikan's oil drop experiment!

Robert Millikan was able to determine the mass of an electron by using charged oil drops. Electrons have such a small mass, they were believed to be massless. Millikan's experiment determined that the electrons did, indeed, have mass.

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