Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
---|---|
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
** 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: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Electrical properties: resistivity, conductivity, insulators, semiconductors, dielectrics, piezoelectrics and thermoelectrics. Thermal properties - heat capacity, absorption, transmission, thermal conductivity, thermal expansion, thermal stress and thermal shock resistance. Optical properties of metals and non-metals: emission, absorption, transmission, reflection, refraction and colour, and applications of optical phenomena including luminescence, photoconductivity and lasers. Magnetic properties: diamagnetism, paramagnetism and ferromagnetism, antiferomagnetism, ferrimagnetism, influence of temperature on magnetic behaviour, domains, hysteresis loop, permeability, soft and hard magnets, magnetic storage and superconductivity. |
** 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 |
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information.