Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

4770 (v.3) Physical Properties of Solids 102


Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 2.0
** 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: 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.
** 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
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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