Title: Experimental Comparison of the Gravitational Force on Freely Falling Electrons and Metallic Electrons
Abstract: A free-fall technique has been used to measure the net vertical component of force on electrons in a vacuum enclosed by a copper tube. This force was shown to be less than $0.09mg$, where $m$ is the inertial mass of the electron and $g$ is 980 cm/${\mathrm{sec}}^{2}$. This supports the contention that gravity induces an electric field outside a metal surface, of magnitude and direction such that the gravitational force on electrons is cancelled.
Publication Year: 1967
Publication Date: 1967-10-30
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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