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Brad Shue wrote:
Leigh,
we do the Millikan every spring semester. When I do it, I get
very good results. ...
I can't give you any info on the actual data that the students
take because our current manual stinks and the experimental procedure
sucks. If done correctly, I have seen it to within 5% of the actual
value.
768-76, May 1972) The reviewer said that in his opinion, most students
fail to understand the significance of the experiment. The main purpose
shouldn't be measurement of the electron's charge (which is what Brad
Shue refers to), but rather demonstration of the quantization of charge
(which is what Leigh Palmer refers to).