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In the Millikan Oil Drop experiment, Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher determined the elementary electric charge. By dropping a negatively charged oil drop through an electric field, they balanced the downwards force of gravity with an upwards electric force. You conduct a similar experiment by levitating a negatively charged oil drop. If the electrostatic force is 1.96E−30, what is the mass of the particle in kg? kg

In the Millikan Oil Drop experiment, Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher determined the elementary electric charge. By dropping a negatively charged oil drop through an electric field, they balanced the downwards force of gravity with an upwards electric force. You conduct a similar experiment by levitating a negatively charged oil drop. If the electrostatic force is 1.96E−30, what is the mass of the particle in kg? kg

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In the Millikan Oil Drop experiment, Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher determined the elementary electric charge. By dropping a negatively charged oil drop through an electric field, they balanced the downwards force of gravity with an upwards electric force. You conduct a similar experiment by levitating a negatively charged oil drop. If the electrostatic force is 1.96 E − 30 , what is the mass of the particle in k g ? i k g

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