5325 (v.4) Physics 506

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** 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:

2 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Advanced studies - spectroscopy methods, X-ray physics, materials characterisation, physical oceanography, laser physics and atmospheric dynamics. Physical oceanography. Spectroscopy - principles and practice of X-ray, atomic absorption, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared and ultra-violet. Surface analysis techniques - transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), optical microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS).

** 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*:

Not Online
*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