alleryStart learning →Who discovered the Hall effect, and in which year?
AEdwin Hall, in 1979
BHans Oersted, in 1879
CNikola Tesla, in 1897
DEdwin Hall, in 1879
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Edwin Hall, in 1879
1. The effect is named after Edwin Hall, an American physicist.
2. He discovered it in 1879.
3. Oersted worked half a century earlier on the deflection of a compass needle by a current.
4. The year 1980 belongs to a later discovery, that the Hall effect is quantized.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 22 "Magnetism", section 22.6 The Hall Effect_
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