302744 (v.1) Isotope Science 401

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	4.0

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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to the Physics honours program

Syllabus:	Selected topics from principles of mass spectrometer operation. Ion optics, ion sources, mass dispersion and detectors. Automation. Measurement of isotopic abundance. Isotope dilution. Modern mass spectrometers including TIMS and SHRIMP. Atomic weights and measurement science. A selection of modern applications 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 elements.

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Field of Education:	010301 Physics
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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