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Correct answer: B
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What is being asked?
We need the ratio using Millikan’s oil drop experiment.
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Key idea of Millikan’s oil drop experiment
In Millikan’s experiment, the charge on a drop is determined by balancing electric force with gravitational effects. Although the calculation involves , the final measured fundamental charge is a universal constant.
The electronic charge does not depend on location (earth or moon). Only the experimental conditions, such as weight of the oil drop, change because gravity changes.
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Effect of changing gravity
On the moon, acceleration due to gravity is ; on earth, it is .
This changes the weight of the oil drop: so the balancing electric field needed would be different.
But the value of the fundamental charge obtained from the experiment remains the same:
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Required ratio
Therefore,
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Option check
- A: — incorrect
- B: — correct
- C: — incorrect
- D: — incorrect
Therefore, the correct answer is B.
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