PHYSICS FOR SOCIETY

Study materials: PHO303

PHYSICS FOR SOCIETY

Topic 1: Applications of Mechanics
- (a): Skating, Falling Objects, Ramps
- (b): Seesaws and Wheels
- (c): Spring Scales, Bouncing balls, and Carousels and Roller Coasters
- (d): Bicycles, Rockets and Space Travel
Topic 2: Applications of Periodic Motion
- (a): Clock and Sea Surfing
- (b): Musical Instruments and Sonometry
Topic 3: Applications of Fluids and Its Motion
- (a): Balloons
- (b): Water Distributions (Hydrostatics & Hydraulics)
- (c): Garden Watering
- (d): Sports
- (e): Airplanes and Aviation Industries
- (f): Skydiving
Topic 4: Applications of Electricity and Magnetism
- (a): Static electricity (Triboelectricity)
- (b): Xerographic Copiers
- (c): Flashlights
- (d): Magnets and electromagnets
- (e): Electric Power distribution
- (f): Radio and Microwave Oven
Topic 5: Applications of Thermodynamics
- (a): Woodstove, Water-Steam-Ice, Insulation and Clothing
- (b): Air Conditioners
- (c): Automobiles
- (d): Cryocoolers
- (e): Superconductors and Radiation Shields
Topic 6: Applications of Optics
- (a): Sunlight
- (a): Discharge Lamps
- (b): Outdoor lights and Video Walls
- (c): Laser shows and Laser Cutting
- (d): Camera [Microscope and Telescopes]
- (e): Optical Recording
- (f): Optical Fibres
- (g): Audio Players
Topic 7: Applications of Nuclear Energy
- (a): Nuclear Weapons
- (b): Nuclear Plants
Topic 8: Applications in Health Science
- (a): X-ray scanner
- (b): Radiotherapy
- (c): MRI
- (d): Ultrasound
- (e): Nuclear Medicine
- (f): Endoscopy
Topic 9: Future Energy Demands
- (a): Rechargable Batteries
- (b): Solid oxide fuel cells
- (c): Supercapacitor
- (d): Solar Energy
- (e): Hydrogen Energy