Module code: SPA5201
Credits: 15.0
Semester: SEM2
Contact: Prof Alan Drew
Prerequisite: Before taking this module you must take SPA4103
This course aims to illustrate some important aspects of physics through experimental measurements. The course will be marked by continuous assessment of student laboratory notebooks, which will not be allowed to be removed from the laboratory. Students will perform a number of experiments over the term and will then have to write a scientific paper on one of the experiments that they have performed. The experiments are: Alpha particle spectroscopy; Thermal equation of state and critical point of ethane, Hall effect measurement of germanium; Building a Helium Neon Laser; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Building a Michelson Interferometer and measuring the magnetostriction of metals and the refractive index of air; X-ray diffraction spectroscopy; The Zeeman effect.
Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 60.0% Practical, 40.0% Coursework
Level: 5
