Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives Students are expected to understand the basic principles of electrostatics, magnetism and modern physics; to be able to apply these principles in simple engineering applications; and to carry out reliable measurements and analyse data and present these in a scientific report.
Synopsis Electrostatics unit: electric charge, field, Gauss' Law, potential, capacitance, stored energy, dielectrics, polarisation, flux density D. Magnetism unit: magnetic induction B, force on charges and currents; Ampere's and Biot-Savart Law; induction, Faraday's Law, generators; mutual and self inductance. Modern physics unit: photoelectric effect, X-rays, quantum properties of particles; the nucleus, radioactive decay, detection, nuclear reactions.
Assessment Examination: 68% + Laboratory: 20% + Tests: 12%