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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

4770 (v.3) Physical Properties of Solids 102

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Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 2.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Electrical properties: resistivity, conductivity, insulators, semiconductors, dielectrics, piezoelectrics and thermoelectrics. Thermal properties - heat capacity, absorption, transmission, thermal conductivity, thermal expansion, thermal stress and thermal shock resistance. Optical properties of metals and non-metals: emission, absorption, transmission, reflection, refraction and colour, and applications of optical phenomena including luminescence, photoconductivity and lasers. Magnetic properties: diamagnetism, paramagnetism and ferromagnetism, antiferomagnetism, ferrimagnetism, influence of temperature on magnetic behaviour, domains, hysteresis loop, permeability, soft and hard magnets, magnetic storage and superconductivity.
Field of Education: 010301 Physics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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