7698 (v.4) Physics 125

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Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: upon completion of TEE Physics or equivalent
Mechanics - motion in one dimension, vectors, projectile motion, forces, Newton's laws of motion, Free body diagram, weight, friction, circular motion and gravitation, work and energy, linear momentum, rotational motion, bodies in equilibrium, elasticityand fracture. Electricity - electrostatic charge, conservation, conductors and insulators, electroscope, Coulomb's law, electric fields and lines, molecules in AC fields, the volt, electric potential, potential difference, bioelectricity - resting potential, equipotential surfaces, the electron volt, current density, electric current, electric circuit components, Ohm's Law, resistance, equivalent resistance, voltage divider, electric energy, Kirchoff, electrical safety, resistance of the human body, micro and macro electric shock, current types, faradic, direct of galvanic, alternating, depolarised, non-ohmic conductors, resistivity and conductivity, temperature coefficient of resistance, electric field and current density, magnets, magnetic fields, properties of flux lines, electric currents and magnetism, force on an electric charge in a magnetic fields, eddy currents, heating in therapy, alternators, transformers, capacitance, dielectrics, capacitors in series and parallel, inductors, RLC circuits.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2003 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y