Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 1737 (v.3) Particles and Waves 101 or any previous version
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1744 (v.3) Structure of Matter 102 or any previous version
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7063 (v.5) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
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7908 (v.4) Physical Measurements 201 or any previous version
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7909 (v.4) Physical Measurements 202 or any previous version
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Other Requisite(s): | Admission: upon completion of first year Bachelor of Science (Physics)
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| Principles of mass spectrometer operation. Ion optics, ion sources, mass dispersion, detectors. Automation. Measurement of isotopic abundance. Isotope dilution. Modern mass spectrometers including TIMS and SHRIMP. Atomic weights and measurement science. A selection of modern topics including stable isotopes and health, nuclear waster storage and fossil reactors, isotopic tracers for pollution history and environmental science, radiometric dating of the earth, nucleosynthesis and the abundance of the elemets, other current topics. Visits and demonstrations. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | 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. |
