PH15510 - LABORATORY PHYSICS

Module Identifier	PH15510
Module Title	LABORATORY PHYSICS
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Dr Andrew R Breen
Semester	Semester 2
Other staff	Clive A Willson, Dr Xing Li
Pre-Requisite	PH15010
Co-Requisite	Core Part 1 Modules
Mutually Exclusive	None
Course delivery	Practical	11 laboratory sessions ( 4 hours)
Assessment	Semester Assessment	Course Work: Laboratory Diary	25%
	Semester Assessment	Course Work: Formal Reports	75%

Learning outcomes

After taking this module students should be able to:

apply the techniques acquired in PH15510 to the performance of basic experiments in Physics.

Brief description

This module is an extension of the Basic Laboratory Techniques in which the skills acquired during that module are applied to general laboratory physics experiments.

Content

Students choose from a number of experiments. These are divided into three blocks and students will be expected to undertake experiments in each of the blocks. At the end of each experiment, students will produce a formal report which will be marked and returned as quickly as possible to provide suitable feedback. The experiment blocks are shown below:

1. Analogue and digital electronics
2. Fundamental constants and radioactivity
3. Astrophysics

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
A small number of appropriate books are kept in the part 1 laboratory.