PHY-10031 - Instrumentation Physics

Coordinator: Arumugam Mahendrasingam Room: LJ1.04 Tel: +44 1782 7 33312

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Level: Level 4

Credits: 15

Study Hours: 150

School Office: 01782 734921

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2020/21

This module introduces the underlying concepts of instrumentation, which are widely used in the laboratories. This will enable students in the future to make appropriate choice of equipment or develop appropriate experimental and analytical techniques relevant to their investigations.

Aims

This module aims to develop underlying principles and characteristics of instrumentation which will enable students to choose or develop appropriate instrumentation for a specific application.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/phy-10031/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Describe and explain the fundamental methods of measuring various parameters important in Physics.: 1,2,3
Critically review the implications associated with various methods of measurements.: 1,2,3
Choose the appropriate measurement technique for various systems.: 1,2,3
Perform basic measurements and apply a calibration to the data in order to measure the intended physical parameter.: 1,2,3

Study hours

Lectures: 12 hours; Laboratory: 18 hours; Tutorials: 12 hours; Completion of problem sheets: 30 hours; Exam: 2 hours;
Lab Report: 12 hours; Self Study: 62 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Exam weighted 40%
Two-hour Unseen exam
Exam paper has two sections: Section A - 10 short questions with total marks 40/100; Section B - choice of 2 out of 4 long questions worth 60/100 marks.

2: Problem Sheets weighted 20%
Problem sheets
Three problem sheets with mixture of questions on descriptive, numerical, analytical and computational types.

3: Laboratory Assessment weighted 40%
Laboratory
Continuous assessment of a laboratory diary of the completed experiments during Laboratory Sessions (weight 50%). Assessment of a formal laboratory report (weight 50%).

PHY-10031 - Module Specification School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Faculty of Natural Sciences

PHY-10031 - Module Specification
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences