Milbani Oil Draplei MethodINTRIDUCTION: In 1909, Mi electron. CONSTRUCTION & WORKING: . Aschematic diagram of Milikan oil droplet experiment is shown in the figure. + Two parallel plates PP’ are placed in the container © to avoid disturbances due to. currents. n devised a technique which resulted in the measurement of the charge on an + The plates are separated by d. + Asmall hole 1! is present in the upper plate, « A potential difference V is applied to the plates to produce an electric field E. The magnitude of its value is E=V/dl. + An atomizer A is setup for spraying oil droplets into the container through a small nozzle.The droplets get charged because of the friction between the wall of the atomizer and oil drops. + These drops are very small and are in the form of mist.These drops happen to pass through the small hole H. + The space between the plates is illuminated by the light coming from the source § through the lens |. and window W: + The droplets are carefully observed by a microscope M.A potential difference is applied in such a way that electric force (gE) becomes equal to the gravitational force (mg). CHARGE ON DROPLET: As electric force has become equal to the gravitational force; qe FesFe =n Oil droy We know that E=V/d, so the above equation becomes Pp g=mgd which is the charge on droplet Fame d MASS AND RADIUS OF DROPLET: For the calculation of mass, electric potential is switched off so that droplet falls under the action of gravity with terminal speed v.. In this case weight must be equal to the drag force. ©. Fe 6ayry, =mg the radius of the droplet HOTS tne dsley then oe moanp*volume=p*43 xe Putting the value of mass in eq. (1) Ommry, = p*4Bnrg 18%p) “ape V2ee This is the required: 1 applied this method on many droplets and concluded that each droplet is the integral multiple of 1.6*10°°C. and he also concluded that the minimum value of charge Is the charge on an electron. sult for the calculation of radius and by knowing it we can calculate the mass of the droplet.