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Electrons

J.J Thompson (1897)

1.76 x 10⁸ coulombs / gram

Robert Millikan (1909)

• Milliken oil drop experiment
  
• charge on a single electron - 1.60 x 10^-19 coulombs

From the above information, calculate the mass of a single electron.

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