302910 (v.1) Engineering Physics 161

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.5

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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Monthly

Syllabus:	Designed for students who have passed TEE Physics or equivalent. Elasticity - elastic, shear and bulk moduli. Oscillations - simple harmonic motion. Wave motion. Superposition and standing waves. Electromagnetic waves and light. Properties of light. Interference and Diffraction - coherence and Young's experiment, diffraction and resolution and diffraction gratings. Quantum physics - molecules and solids, molecular bonding, structure of solids, semiconductors, semiconductor junctions and devices. Nuclear physics - properties of nuclei and radioactivity.

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Field of Education:	010301 Physics
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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