PHY1024F is a first-year, calculus-based introductory course usually taken by students who have completed PHY1023H.
Course co-ordinator:
Dr Rudolph Nchodu - Room 504, RW James Building
Entrance requirements:
PHY1023H; MAM1000W (or equivalent) must have been passed or be taken concurrently.
Course outline:
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM: electric charge, electric field, Gauss' law, electric potential, capacitance, current, current density, emf, resistance, resitivity, networks, magnetic field, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, electromagnetic induction, inductance, alternating currents.
THERMAL PHYSICS: temperature, heat, kinetic theory of gases, thermodynamics.
MODERN PHYSICS: electromagnetic waves, interference, diffraction, the electron, quantum physical phenomena, atomic structure, wave-particle duality, X-rays, elementary nuclear physics, radioactivity.
Lecturers:
Course Tutor:
Detailed Course Information:
Link to 2012 Course Material
