Physical science
BS DT BC BP BDT
Mr Brian McEniery
6 points * First semester * Three hours of lectures and one 3-hour laboratory session per week * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: Both GAS1282 and GAS 1383, or both GAS 1384 and GAS 1281
This subject continues the work of GAS2281 (Instrumental science) by considering the theory of operation, construction and function of modern spectrometers. Students study six topics. (1) Atomic and molecular structure (15%). (2) Sources and detectors of electromagnetic radiation (15%). (3) Optics (20%). (4) Principles of instrumentation (15%). (5) Vacuum (15%). (6) Statistical thermodynamics (20%). Each topic is an independent series of lectures and associated laboratory exercises. Each topic is individually assessed and the aggregate is the subject result. Distance education students are required to attend a vacation week to complete laboratory exercises.
Assessment
Examination and assignments: 70% * Laboratory work: 30%
Recommended texts
Banwell C N Fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1984
Barrow G M Physical chemistry 5th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1988
Hecht E Optics 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1987
Willard H H and Merritt L L Instrumental methods of analysis 7th edn, Wadsworth, 1988