Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

1745 (v.5) Physical Measurements 102

Area:

 Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

 12.5

Contact Hours:

 2.5
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

 1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly

Workshop:

 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly

Prerequisite(s):

 302804 (v.3) Physics 101 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

 7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

 Equivalent circuits and input/output impedance - Thevenin theorem and Norton equivalent circuit. Magnetic fields and induction - force on a charge and on a current element in a magnetic field, the Hall effect, sources of magnetic fields, magnetic flux, Faraday's Law and induction and Eddy currents. AC electricity - inductance, impedance and reactance, phasors, resonance and circuit quality, filter circuits, series and parallel systems and 'j' notation. Solid state and nuclear physics - electronic structure of atoms, band theory of solids and free electron theory of metals, electrical conduction in semiconductors and nuclear physics. Instruments and applications CRO types, use z-asis modulation, double beam and storage CRO, geiger counters and systems.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

 010301 Physics

Funding Cluster:

 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

 Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark

Availability
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