PHYS11182 Physics IA

Physics as the basis of technology. Properties of matter: macroscopic and microscopic properties, fluids at rest, fluids in motion, elastic properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties. Atomic and Nuclear Physics: mass and charge of atomic particles, models of the atom, photoelectric effect, X-rays, the nucleus, nuclear stability and disintegration, radiation and matter, radiation detectors, industrial uses, radiation safety; Mechanics: rectilinear motion, statics, circular motion, rotation, angular momentum, simple harmonic motion, gravitation.