1745 (v.5) Physical Measurements 102

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.5

** 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 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly

Workshop:

1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly

Prerequisite(s):

302804 (v.3) Physics 101 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Equivalent circuits and input/output impedance - Thevenin theorem and Norton equivalent circuit. Magnetic fields and induction - force on a charge and on a current element in a magnetic field, the Hall effect, sources of magnetic fields, magnetic flux, Faraday's Law and induction and Eddy currents. Alternating current (AC) electricity - inductance, impedance and reactance, phasors, resonance and circuit quality, filter circuits, series and parallel systems and 'j' notation. Solid state and nuclear physics - electronic structure of atoms, band theory of solids and free electron theory of metals, electrical conduction in semiconductors and nuclear physics. Instruments and applications cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO) types, use z-asis modulation, double beamand storage CRO, geiger counters and systems.

** 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

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External