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Millikan Oil Drop Experiment - University Of Illinois · Oil drop experiment ROBERT ANDREWS MILLIKAN 1868-1953 Diagram and picture of apparatus 9/23/2013 5. Oil drop experiment. Measurement

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Agenda

1. Measuring of the charge of electron.

2. Robert Millikan and his oil drop experiment

3. Theory of the experiment4. Laboratory setup5. Data analysis6. Errors

9/23/2013 2

Measuring of the charge of the electron

1. Oil drop experiment. Robert A. Millikan.. (1909). q=1.5924(17)×10−19 C

2. Shot noise experiment. First proposed by Walter H.

Schottky

3. In terms of the Avogadro constant and Faraday constant

𝒆 =𝑭

𝑵𝑨; F- Faraday constant, NA - Avagadro constant. Best

uncertainty ~1.6 ppm.

4. From Josephson (𝑲𝑱 =𝟐𝒆

𝒉) and von Klitzing 𝑹𝑲 =

𝒉

𝒆𝟐

constants

5. Recommended by NIST value 1.602 176 565(35) 10-19 C

9/23/2013 3

Robert Millikan. Oil drop experiment

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1923.Robert A. Millikan "for his work on the

elementary charge of electricity and on

the photoelectric effect".

ROBERT ANDREWS

MILLIKAN

1868-1953

22nd of March, 1868, Morrison, Ill

University of Chicago9/23/2013 4

Robert Millikan. Oil drop experiment

ROBERT ANDREWS

MILLIKAN

1868-1953

Diagram and picture of apparatus

9/23/2013 5

Oil drop experiment.

Measurement of the magnitude of the electron charge!

Demonstrate that the electron charge is quantized!Motivation:

Measure the charge of an electron to ±3%

Picture of the PASCO setup

9/23/2013 6

Oil drop experiment.

V+

-500VdVg

telescope

atomizer

Oil drops ∅~1m

𝝆𝒂𝒊𝒓

Forces on the oil drop:

1) Gravity + buoyant force (air displaced by oil drop)2) Drag force of the oil drop in the air

9/23/2013 7

Oil drop experiment.

V+

-500VdVg

telescope

atomizer

Oil drops ∅~1m

𝝆𝒂𝒊𝒓

Forces on the oil drop:

1) Gravity + buoyant force (air displaced by oil drop)2) Drag force of the oil drop in the air3) Electric force on oil drops which carry charge Q

9/23/2013 8

Apparatus. Schematic Layout

135-170o

telescope

atomizer

oileyepiece

scale

spaceroil drop

oil mist

Q,m

P1

P2

500±1V

P1

Light source

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Apparatus: actual setup

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What is measured

x = fall distance = risedistance. x must be thesame for all drops!

x

fall time measurement stops here

fall time measurement starts here

fall time tg

rise time trise

rise time measurement stops here

rise time measurement starts here

Allow drop to “undershoot” here before starting next rise time experiment

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Balance of Forces: Newton’s Law

a : radius of dropρ : density ρ = ρoil – ρair

v : velocity of oil dropQ : charge of oil dropE : electric field E=V/dV : Voltage across platesη : viscosity of airg : gravitational const.

ˆ (

(3)

(2)

6

1)

dr

g

g dr

a

ag

E

g

E

F a

F mgz

F Q

dvF m F F F

v

t

E

d

𝑬

ˆgF mgz6 dragF av

EF QE

Forces on the oil drop:

(1) Gravity + buoyant force (air displaced by oil drop)

(2) Drag force of the oil drop in the air

(3) Electric force on oil drops which carry charge Q

0g drag E

F F F

0dv

dtParticle reached terminal velocity

9/23/2013 12

Modification to Stokes Law

Ebenezer Cunningham(1881-1977)

George Gabriel Stokes(1819-1903)

6drag

F av

For small particle radius (a<15m) Stokeslaw need to be corrected. This correctionwas derived by E. Cunningham.

6drag

c

aF v

f

56

1 , A 1.246, B 0.42, C 0.78

6 18 101 1 1 1 , for 10 m ,

[mmHg]

aC

c

-cc c

f A B ea a

r .f A . a r

a a p

Here a – particle

radius; λ – mean

free path of the gasmolecules

8 760 [m] 6 53 10

[mmHg]

-.p

negligible term

9/23/2013 13

We measure: tg and trise

x = fall distance = risedistance. x must be thesame for all drops!

x

fall time measurement stops here

fall time measurement starts here

fall time tg

rise time trise

rise time measurement stops here

rise time measurement starts here

Allow drop to “undershoot” here before starting next rise time experiment

9/23/2013 14

Solving Newton’s law: Q(tg, trise)

fc can be found from Newton law equation in the case of V=0 (falling drop)

346 0

3 g drag

c

aF F a g v

f

g

g c

g c

c

t xr m

gr p mmHg

f

. ; ; [ ]

[ ]

1

52

2 2

3

1 2 6 18 10

1

(see write-up)

9/23/2013 15

Solving Newton’s law: Q(tg, trise)

3 3

32

1 9 2 1 1 1

g g risec

d xQ n e

V g t t tf

Q : charge of oil dropn : number of unpaired

electrons in drope : elementary charged : plate separation

V : Voltage across plates

ρ : density ρ = ρoil – ρair

η : viscosity of airg : gravitational constantx : drift distance for oil drop tg : fall timetrise : rise time

9/23/2013 16

Route of charge calculation Q(tg, trise).

. ; ; [ ]

[ ]

g

g c

g c

c

t xr m

gr p mmHgf

1

52

3 2

2

1 2 6 18 10

1

3 3

3 2

1 9 2 1 1 1

c g riseg

d xQ F S T

f V g t tt

1

2

3 2

11

g

c g

tF

f

3 39 2d x

SV g

1 1 1

g riseg

Tt tt

9/23/2013 17

Route of charge calculation. Origin projects. Data collecting.

Projects Section L1.opj … Section L4.opg

Locations: \\engr-file-03\PHYINST\APL Courses\PHYCS401\Common\Origin templates\Oil drop experiment

\\engr-file-03\PHYINST\APL Courses\PHYCS401\Students\1.Oil drop experiment

9/23/2013 18

Route of charge calculation. Origin projects. Data analysis.

Project: Millikan1.opj

Locations: \\Phyaplportal\PHYCS401\Common\Origin templates\Oil drop experiment

\\Phyaplportal\PHYCS401\Students\Oil drop experiment

Please make a copy (not move!) of Millikan1.opj in your personal folder and start to work with your personal copy of the project

9/23/2013 19

Route of charge calculation. Origin project. Data analysis.

Plugin your data here

Project Millikan1.opj

Constants

calculations

𝒓𝒄[𝒎] =𝟔. 𝟏𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟓

]𝒑[𝒎𝒎𝑯𝒈

index

Parameters of the experiment. Depend on exact setup and environment conditions

P(mmHg)→Col(“Par”)[7]9/23/2013 20

Route of charge calculation. Origin project. Data analysis.

Project Millikan1.opj

3 3

3 2

1 9 2 1 1 1

c g riseg

d xQ F S T

f V g t tt

Follow correct order of calculations: rc →g →(F,S,T) →Q →n

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Route of charge calculation. Origin project. Data analysis.

Project Millikan1.opj

Follow correct order of calculations: rc →g →(F,S,T) →Q →nIndexes for parameters in Col(“Par”)Actual air viscosity should be calculated manually before any other calculation

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Charge calculation. Origin project.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 110

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

n

n=

Q/e

Drop number

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Expected results

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 110.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

n=

Q/e

Drop number

1 20

10

20

30

40

50Data: Bin1_Counts1

Model: Gauss

Equation: y=y0 + (A/(w*sqrt(PI/2)))*exp(-2*((x-xc)/w)^2)

Weighting:

y No weighting

Chi^2/DoF = 34.42645

R^2 = 0.81797

y0 0 ±0

xc1 0.92997 ±0.01884

w1 0.27612 ±0.0381

A1 13.76998 ±1.65786

xc2 1.87091 ±0.05159

w2 0.60549 ±0.11582

A2 16.60884 ±2.56952

co

un

ts

Q/e

9/23/2013 24

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 600

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60t r(

s)

tg (s)

Difficult to separate n=3,4,&5

Choice of Oil Drops for the Analysis: rise and fall times

n=1

n=2

n=3

n=4

n=5

9/23/2013 25

Modern experiments at

•Drop generation rate 1 Hz • Fluid - Dow Corning silicon

oil •Number of drops - 17 million •Mass - 70.1 milligrams •Duration - 8 months

9/23/2013 26

Modern experiments at

9/23/2013 27

Modern experiments at

“No electric charges were measured in the range of an

integer charge 1/3 e or 2/3 e.” (SLAC–PUB–7357

August 1996)

9/23/2013 28

Appendix #1

Traditional reminder:L1_Lab3_student name.pdf Report-exp2.pdf

Please upload the files in proper folder!

This week folders: Pulses in transmission lines_L1

Pulses in transmission lines_L3

Pulses in transmission lines_L4

Pulses in transmission lines_L5

This week you have the last chance to submit “Transients in RLC” report

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Appendix #2

Transmission line. Unknown load simulation

Location: \\Phyaplportal\PHYCS401\Common\Transmission line software

X-axes scalingFunction generator parameters

Line characteristic impedance

Expected load

Load parameters

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Appendix #2

Transmission line. Unknown load simulation

Location: \\Phyaplportal\PHYCS401\Common\Transmission line software

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Appendix #3

Changes for office hours time for Jaseung Ku (L1 section):

Name Office Hours e-mail

Jaseung Ku Monday 10 am-11 am 6103 ESB [email protected]

Gregory Rosen Wednesday 10 am -11 am 6103 ESB [email protected]

Kevin Sullivan Tuesday noon - 1 pm 6103 ESB [email protected]

Longxiang Zhang Wednesday 11 am - noon 6103 ESB [email protected]