Online Courses Handbook 2003

11376 (v.4) Energy and Technology 202

Area:	Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	11371 (v.4) Measurement Science 101
Mechanical energy - kinetic and potential energy, gravitation, friction, conservation of momentum and energy. Heat energy - nature of heat, sources of heat, thermal properties of matter, heat transfer and losses. Technological applications - eg air conditioning and refrigeration systems, insulation. Electrical energy - charge, potential, current, resistance. Circuit operations, power, generation, transmission, conservation. Nuclear energy - atomic structure, the nucleus, binding energy, conservation of mas energy, fission, fusion, nuclear reactors, problems/benefits of nuclear power.