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7698 (v.4) Physics 125


Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** 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:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Other Requisite(s):

Admission: upon completion of TEE Physics or equivalent
 

Syllabus:

Mechanics - motion in one dimension, vectors, projectile motion, forces, Newton's laws of motion, free body diagram, weight, friction, circular motion and gravitation, work and energy, linear momentum, rotational motion, bodies in equilibrium, elasticityand fracture. Electricity - electrostatic charge, conservation, conductors and insulators, electroscope, Coulomb's law, electric fields and lines, molecules in AC fields, the volt, electric potential, potential difference, bioelectricity - resting potential, equipotential surfaces, the electron volt, current density, electric current, electric circuit components, Ohm's Law, resistance, equivalent resistance, voltage divider, electric energy, Kirchoff, electrical safety, resistance of the human body, micro and macro electric shock, current types, faradic, direct of galvanic, alternating, depolarised, non-ohmic conductors, resistivity and conductivity, temperature coefficient of resistance, electric field and current density, magnets, magnetic fields, properties of flux lines, electric currents and magnetism, force on an electric charge in a magnetic fields, eddy currents, heating in therapy, alternators, transformers, capacitance, dielectrics, capacitors in series and parallel, inductors, RLC circuits.
 
** 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:

10300 Physics and Astronomy (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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