Which of the Following Did Millikan's Experiment in 1909 Set

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did Millikan's experiment in 1909 set out to prove?

• A)that droplets of oil carry a charge
• B)that the inverse square property of Coulomb's law could be verified
• C)that charges are quantized
• D)that the constant of proportionality in Coulomb's law could be measured

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