PHYSICS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in CHEMISTRY

Disciplinary Sector:

Applied Physics (Cultural Heritage, Environment, Biology and Medicine)

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CARPINELLI Massimo

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No formal prerequisites (exams to be passed), basic knowledges of Trigonometry, Algebra and Geometry.

AF code:

40000672

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Written test and oral examination. During the course two ongoing written tests, recommend but optional.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course aims to provide students with the tools of the scientific method, understanding and operational capabilities of the principles of classical physics.

Contents

The experimental method. Measurement units and dimensions of physical quantities. Kinematics. Mechanics. Newton's laws, momentum, angular momentum, energy and work. Conservative and non-conservative forces. Conservation laws. Oscillations and waves. Fluid and gas: pressure, Stevin's law, Archimede's Force, Bernoulli's law. Ideal gas, kinetic theory of gases. Rigid Body Dynamics. Basic Optics. Basic electromagnetic phenomena. Electrostatics. Magnetostatics. Electromagnetic properties of matter. Time-dependent electromagnetic fields. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves. Emission, absorption, and scattering of radiation

Recommended Bibliography

Serway & Jewett, Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Cengage Learning
Halliday, Resnick, and Krane. Physics.. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons

Teaching Methods

Solving problems on fundamental laws of physics.

Contacts/More Information

1) Readiness to offer individual assistance also in English language to incoming students
2) Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in english language.
List:Principles of Physics, Serway & Jewett, Cengage Learning.
Halliday, Resnick, and Krane. Physics.. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons

3) Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English)

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