Course: Proseminar in physics for chemistry students

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Course title Proseminar in physics for chemistry students
Course code KEF/PFCH
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kubínek Roman, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
Selected chapters from electricity and magnetism 1. Basic physical units SI, physical quantities, scalars and vectors 2. Static electric field - determination of the nature of charges and charged bodies, expression of electric field intensity, solution of examples to Coulomb's law, calculation of electric potential, voltage, determination of capacitance of capacitors with and without dielectric, expression of electrostatic field energy. 3. Stationary electric field - expression of current in electric circuit, determination of electromotive voltage according to Ohm's law, use of Kirchhoff's laws in solving simple electric networks. Steady state electric current in electrolytes - Faraday's laws of electrolysis. 5. Stationary magnetic field - use of Biot-Savart-Laplace law to calculate the magnetic field of a current-carrying conductor (numerical and graphical solution). Expression of force acting in a magnetic field on a charged particle and a conductor with current by calculation and using Fleming's rule of the left hand, use of environmental permeability to calculate the magnetic field in a material environment. 6. Non-stationary electromagnetic field use of Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, expression of self and mutual inductance. Mathematical and physical characteristics of alternating currents, solution of simple alternating current circuits with resistance, inductance and capacitance. Selected chapters from optics and physics of the microworld 7. Characteristics of optical environment using refractive index, use of Snell's law of refraction and light reflection at the interface of two media. Reflection and refraction of light on spherical surfaces, rules of imaging by mirrors and lenses. Magnification calculation for magnifying glass, microscope and telescope. 8. Wave imaging theory - simple rules for wave interference, expression of diffraction on a grating and slit, polarization of light - Brewster's polarization angle. Application of the laws of photometry. 10. Quantum optics - expression of photon energy, calculation of de Broglie wavelength. Use of Einstein's equation for external photoelectric effect and energy calculations. Electromagnetic radiation and its properties. 11. Atom nucleus, composition, properties. Radioactive decay, use of decay law to calculate emitter activity, decay constant and half-life.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of Written Work
  • Attendace - 36 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Achieve satisfactory ability to solve physical problems, following lectures in the field of "electricity and magnetism", "optics" and "atomic and nuclear physics" so that chemistry students are able to succeed in the test, which is a condition for completing the course.
The course is designed to achieve the ability to solve simple physical examples and test questions in relation to the lectured selected physical areas.
Prerequisites
Orient yourself in physics at the secondary school level.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Solving tasks Participation in seminars and fulfilled final test
Recommended literature
  • Bartuška, K. a kol. (2000). Sbírka řešených úloh z fyziky III., IV.. Prometheus Praha.
  • Kolářová, H., Kubínek, R. (2020). Fyzika stručně a jasně. VUP Olomouc.
  • Lepil, O. a kol. (1995). Fyzika. Sbírka úloh pro střední školy. Prometheus, Praha.
  • Svoboda, E. a kol. (2006). Přehled středoškolské fyziky. Prometheus.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Chemistry - Analytical Specialist (2021) Category: Chemistry courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter