307726 (v.2) Properties of Matter and Electricity 104

Area:	Department of Exploration Geophysics
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	6.0
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Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	7062 (v.6) Mathematics 101 or any previous version OR 10926 (v.5) Mathematics 103 or any previous version AND 302804 (v.3) Physics 101 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Static electric fields, electrical resistance and capacitance, DC circuits, static magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, AC circuit theory. Damped and coupled simple harmonic motion. Elasticity of continuous media, elastic wave motion. Non viscous and viscous fluid behaviour. Introduction to theory of special relativity including time dilation and length contraction, mass energy and momentum, simple calculations involving relativity. Early history of quantum mechanics including blackbody radiation/UV catastrophe, photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality, Bohr atom model and the De Broglie modification to atom.
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Field of Education:	010705 Geophysics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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