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TFY4180

Physics

Lessons are not given in the academic year 2010/2011

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Examination arrangement Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

Electrostatics: Coulomb's law, Gauss' law, electrostatic field and potential, capacitance and dielectrics. Magnetostatics: Magnetic field and forces, Biot-Savart's law, Ampere's law, and magnetic materials. Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law, Lenz' law, inductance. Electromagnetic waves. Maxwell's equations. Waves: Mechanical waves, light, interference and diffraction.

Learning outcome

The students are introduced to common physical phenomena, particularly within electricity and magnetism in view of technological applications.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, compulsory laboratory exercises and home exercises. 2/3 of the home exercises are compulsory. A re-sit examination may be changed from written to oral.

Compulsory assignments

  • Calculation exercises
  • All laboratory exercises

Course materials

Main book: Young and Freedman: University Physics. Other books can also be used.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIF4029 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Physics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Physics

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2011-06-10 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

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