Module Identifier | PH15010 | ||
Module Title | BASIC LABORATORY TECHNIQUES | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Philip Cadman | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Dr Keith Birkinshaw, Dr Tudor Jenkins | ||
Pre-Requisite | Normal entry requirements for Part 1 Physics | ||
Co-Requisite | Part 1 Core Modules | ||
Mutually Exclusive | None | ||
Course delivery | Practical | 11 laboratory sessions (4 hours) | |
Assessment | Course work | Math CAD assignment Due in week 8 | 25% |
Course work | Errors assignment Due in week 5 | 10% | |
Course work | Laboratory dairy and laboratory reports | 50% | |
Course work | WORD/Excel assignment Due in week 4 | 15% |
Basic error analysis.
Keeping laboratory diaries and writing reports.
Basic laboratory instrumentation
a) verniers and micrometers
b) travelling microscopes
c) analogue and digital meters.