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Who determined the size of the charge on an electron?

Correct answer B. Robert Millikan

Explanation

Robert Millikan's oil drop experiment of 1909 balanced charged oil droplets between electric plates and showed that charge comes in multiples of about 1.6 x 10^-19 C.

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