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PH 130 - Applications of Physics

3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This course is intended to provide students in nontechnical fields with the fundamentals of physics. Topics include mechanics, energy, fluids, thermodynamics, optics, and nuclear physics. Laboratory experiments complement the lecture material and provide work on report writing skills. Not for credit for students who have credit in PH 2010  or PH 2010A , PH-110, PH 113  or PT-110. (coreq: MA 127 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• define and use displacement, velocity, and acceleration in one dimension as well as understand the graphical relationship between them
• break vectors into components and add vectors by components
• list, explain, and use Newton’s three laws in one and two dimensions
• define work, power, kinetic energy, and potential energy and apply them to conservation of energy
• know the factors that are essential to calculate the heat necessary to change the temperature or state of a material
• state and discuss the three heat transfer mechanisms
• state and use Pascal’s Principle and Bernouilli’s Equation
• state and use the law of refraction as well as use the thin lens equation
• know the basic parts of the eye and the function of each
• explain radioactivity, half life, and state the properties of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
• use graphical analysis to interpret data
• design, conduct and analyze an experiment to determine an unknown temperature with limited means
• find the focal length of a converging lens experimentally
• use decay data to determine the half-life of a sample
Prerequisites by Topic
• Two years of high school mathematics
Course Topics
• Vectors (3 classes)
• One Dimensional Kinematics (3 classes)
• Two Dimensional Mechanics (6 classes)
• Energy (4 classes)
• Thermodynamics (4 classes)
• Fluid Dynamics (4 classes)
• Optics (3 classes)
• Nuclear Physics (3 classes)
Laboratory Topics
• Measurements, Significant Figures and Uncertainty
• One Dimensional motion
• Newton’s First Law
• Newton’s Second Law
• Conservation of Mechanical Energy
• Specific Heat and Heat of Fusion
• Problem solving, Measuring Temperature with Limited Means
• Lenses
• Grating Spectrometer
• Radioactivity, Half-Life Determination
Coordinator
Ruth Schwartz


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