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Small drops of oil formed by a sprayer are allowed to fall in between a positively charged upper metal plate and a negatively charged lower metal plate. The space between the two plates is irradiated with X-rays. This displaces some electrons of the air molecules, which consequently get attached t..

The principle of quantisation of electric charge states that "in nature there is a smallest amount of charge and all other charges are integral multiples of this smallest unit ". That is, if e is the minimum charge then the total charge on the body is equal to ne where n is an integer. This fact t..