Measurements in Physics (5 cr)
Code: 5021212-3007
General information
- Enrollment
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01.12.2021 - 24.01.2022
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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11.01.2022 - 29.05.2022
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Kemiantekniikan koulutus
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
- optics
- safety at laboratory work
- physical modeling
- radioactive radiation
- measuring, evaluating errors of measurements, processing and analyzing results
- graphical presentations and reporting
- handling laboratory waste
Objective
After completing the course the student can:
- read optical characteristics
- recognise physical possibilities and limitations
- use measuring equipment
- do suitable measuring arrangement for a problem and complete the measurements
- estimate uncertainty of measurements and determine uncertainty for the results in simple cases
- make and analyse graphical presentations
- keep a laboratory notebook
- report results orally and in writing
- work safely at a laboratory
- work safely with different kinds of radioactive radiation
- handle waste developed in laboratory
Content
- optics
- safety at laboratory work
- physical modeling
- radioactive radiation
- measuring, evaluating errors of measurements, processing and analyzing results
- graphical presentations and reporting
- handling laboratory waste
Materials
Inkinen, Manninen, Tuohi, Momentti 2, Otava
Openstax books https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-2 ja https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-3
MATLAB
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises and laboratory work
International connections
Active teaching methods, individual and group tasks
Completion alternatives
No alternatives
Student workload
Laboratory work 50%
Exercises 50%