Course code:
012A2		 Course name:
Selected Chapters of Physics

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

5

Study level:

basic academic studies, integrated basic and graduate academic studies

Study programs:

Chemistry: 1. year, summer semester, elective (E11H2) course

Environmental Chemistry: 1. year, summer semester, elective (E11S2) course

Chemical Education: 1. year, summer semester, elective (E11P2) course

Teacher:

Vladimir M. Milosavljeviæ, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Physics, Studentski trg 12, Beograd

Assistants:

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Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures (3+0+0)

Goals:

The goal of this course is to broaden students’ basic knowledge of physics gained in the previous semester. Selected Chapters of Physics is a course designed to additionally motivate students and help them understand how the knowledge is applied in chemistry.

Outcome:

Wider basic knowledge of physics and understanding how that knowledge is applied in chemistry.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, demonstrations/practical classes, projects.

Extracurricular activities:

Homework assignments, finding information regarding term papers, projects and course units (books, the Internet, etc.).

Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  1. M. Kurepa i J. Purić: Osnovi fizike, Mehanika i molekularna fizika sa termodinamikom, izd. Naučna knjiga, Beograd 1991.
  2. M. Kurepa i J. Purić: Osnovi fizike, Elektromagnetizam, optika, fizika atoma i fizika atomskog jezgra, izd. Naučna knjiga, Beograd 1994.

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • The Internet

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

10 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Selected chapters of classical mechanics
  2. Fundamentals of relativistic mechanics
  3. Molecular theory
  4. Selected chapters of thermodynamics
  5. Molecular collisions and transfer
  6. Properties of real gases
  7. Properties of solids
  8. Processes during direct current flow
  9. Applications of alternating current
  10. Fundamentals of electrodynamics
  11. Electromagnetic waves
  12. Wave optics
  13. Atomic structure
  14. Quantum theory of the atom
  15. Atomic nucleus
  16. Elementary particles

Homework:

10 points

Remarks:

Reports on the experimental demonstration classes and homework assignments.

Oral exam:

40 points

Projects:

40 points

Remarks:

Presentations of projects or tests during the semester (the maximum number of points is 10+10+10 per presentation or test).