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

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 17 April 2024

PHY-10031 - Instrumentation Physics
Coordinator: Arumugam Mahendrasingam Room: LJ1.04 Tel: +44 1782 7 33312
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 734921

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

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

1,2,3
1,2,3
1,2,3
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: 64 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 Report 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%).

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 17 April 2024