| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
560.141 |
| Outcomes |
This unit is intended for students proposing to major in disciplines other than Physics who are interested in being able to understand the physical principles that underpin aspects of many other sciences. It is particularly suited to students in the biological sciences. Together with PHYS1142 General Physics B, it provides an entry point for a major in Biophysics for those students not eligible to enrol in PHYS1101 Advanced Physics A and PHYS1102 Advanced Physics B. In addition to the specific knowledge imparted, the unit offers students the opportunity to develop skills in critical thinking about physical situations, problem solving, quantitative analysis and experimental technique. |
| Content |
Topics include:
Mechanics—measurement and units, kinematics, force and dynamics, work and potential energy, energy and momentum conservation, collision problems, circular motion, gravitation, elastic moduli.
Fluids and heat—hydrostatics, fluid flow, viscosity, surface tension, temperature, gas laws, phase changes, thermal energy, heat transfer, the first law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes, entropy and the second law, heat engines.
Nuclei and radioactivity—nuclear structure and reactions, mass–energy relation, anti-particles, radioactivity, radioactive dating, nuclear fission and fusion, positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and dosimetry. |
| Assessment |
This comprises three tests (20 per cent each), laboratory work (20 per cent) and assignments (20 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is available for those students who obtain a mark of 45 to 49 inclusive in this unit (see University General Rule 1.2.1.25). |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Peter Hammond |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: TEE Applicable Mathematics or (TEE Physics plus TEE Discrete Mathematics) or MATH1050 Calculus C. For students intending to major in Biophysics concurrent or subsequent enrolment in mathematics to a minimum level equivalent to MATH1040 Calculus B is advised. |
| Incompatibility: PHYS1101 Advanced Physics A; PHYS1102 Advanced Physics B; PHYS1131 Introductory Physics |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; practice classes: 1 hr per week; labs: 2.5 hrs per week
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| Text | |
Giancoli, D. C. Physics, 6th edn: Pearson Education 2005
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