27535 - Physics 2

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Andrea Contin
  • Credits: 10
  • SSD: FIS/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environmental Sciences (cod. 8011)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will have a basic knowledge of oscillation phenomena, of atomic and nucleus structure and of the method for the production and consumption of energy. He will be able to use Physics to understand environmental problems, to operate in a laboratory and to work with experimental data.

Course contents

Electricity and magnetism, Maxwell equations and electromagnetic waves, interference and diffraction, light quanta. Atomic structure and spectral lines. Atomic nucleus structure. Radioactivity. Interaction of radiation with matter. Energy production and consumption. Renewable energy.

Readings/Bibliography

Halliday, Resnick, Walker, FONDAMENTI DI FISICA
Slides

Teaching methods

Course and exercises.

Experiences in Laboratory

Assessment methods

Written exam (integrated with Production of Energy): open questions and exercises.

Summaries and oral exams for the Laboratory part.

Teaching tools

Videoprojector, PC, blackboard.

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Contin