What is mean by "an electrically-charged object is quantized"? and which physicist is accredited with the quantization of charge?

Question

Physics

Julissa Werner

8 February, 20:28

What is mean by "an electrically-charged object is quantized"? and which physicist is accredited with the quantization of charge?

+4

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Cedric Holden · Answer 1

It means that electric charge exists in integral multiples of an elementary unit of charge rather taking on continuous values.

Since Millikan was the first to measure the value of the electronic charge in his famous "oil drop" experiment, he may be the one given credit for discovering quantization of charge.