Question: In 1 9 1 4 , Fletcher ( Phys . Rev. 4 , 4 4 0 ) published a paper describing his experimental verification of

In 1914, Fletcher (Phys. Rev. 4,440) published a paper describing his experimental
verification of diffusion coefficients. His measurements were based on
the distribution of settling times for a particle settling over a fixed vertical distance.
Fletcher was able to make 6000 replications on a single particle by
raising the particle back up to the starting point with an electric field. If his
particle was 0.36\mu \eta in diameter and the settling distance was 0.74 mm, what
were the theoretical mean and standard deviation of the settling times? Assume
that there was no experimental error and that the standard deviation was
much less than the mean. pp =1000 kg/m3
[1.0 g/cm3]. Approximately how
long did it take to conduct this experiment? Assume that 25 s was required
to reposition the particle after each measurement.

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