Revision as of 14:18, 11 November 2009

Millikan Oil Drop

Worked with Elizabeth Allen
Went through a safety brief with Dr. Koch and discussed whats going on in this lab
used several books to get the height just right to view the eyepiece
Set up the equipment and adjusted the eyepiece suing the focusing wire to get the grid into focus
Hooked up the multimeter to the what ever to record the current and looked on the chart on the apparatus to find out at what temp that the experiment was being conducted and also found out what voltage is being applied to the capacitor plates
Put some oil on the plates using the dropper and started to take data by picking out oil drops to watch
Had some difficulty's in finding the drops and deiced to adjust the focus to find the drops I don't know if this will alter the data but I will calculate the calculations for the first day compared to how using a different way to find the drops on the other day
Got some data but it was a struggle to find the drops

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 *Hooked up the multimeter to the  what ever to record the current and looked on the chart on the apparatus to find out at what temp that the experiment was being conducted and also found out what voltage is being applied to the capacitor plates
 *Put some  oil on the plates using the dropper and started to take data by picking out oil drops to watch
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+*Had some difficulty's in finding the drops and deiced to adjust the focus to find the drops I don't know if this will alter the data but I will calculate the calculations for the first day compared to how using a different way to find the drops on the other day
+*Got some data but it was a struggle to find the drops
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