Module code | PHY 124 |
Qualification | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Module content | Simple harmonic motion and pendulums. Coulomb’s law. Electric field: dipoles, Gauss’ law.Electric potential. Capacitance. Electric currents: resistance, resistivity, Ohm’s law, energy, power, emf, RC-circuits. Magnetic Field: Hall-effect, Bio-Savart. Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws. Oscillations: LR-circuits. Alternating current: RLC-circuits, power, transformers. Introductory concepts to modern physics. Nuclear physics: Radioactivity. |
Module credits | 16.00 |
Programmes | |
Service modules | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Faculty of Education |
Prerequisites | WTW 114 GS and PHY 114 GS |
Contact time | 4 lectures per week, 1 discussion class per week, 1 practical per week |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Physics |
Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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