charge to mass ratio

[pk1213]

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does anyone know how to calculate it? is it just as straightforward as the term implies? thanks!

 

[loveoforganic]

Straightforward.

 

[Naijaba]

does anyone know how to calculate it? is it just as straightforward as the term implies? thanks!

If you're Robert Millikan, not so straightforward. Nowadays, yes.

http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/212_fall2003.web.dir/Ryan_Mcallister/Slide3.htm

 

[loveoforganic]

I would imagine his calculations were still moderately straightforward, even though his experiment was certainly a nightmare =P