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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

307726 (v.2) Properties of Matter and Electricity 104

Area: Department of Exploration Geophysics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Computer Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     7062 (v.6) Mathematics 101 or any previous version
    OR
    10926 (v.5) Mathematics 103 or any previous version
AND
302804 (v.3) Physics 101 or any previous version
Syllabus: Static electric fields, electrical resistance and capacitance, DC circuits, static magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, AC circuit theory. Damped and coupled simple harmonic motion. Elasticity of continuous media, elastic wave motion. Non viscous and viscous fluid behaviour. Introduction to theory of special relativity including time dilation and length contraction, mass energy and momentum, simple calculations involving relativity. Early history of quantum mechanics including blackbody radiation/UV catastrophe, photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality, Bohr atom model and the De Broglie modification to atom.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010705 Geophysics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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