COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 3136 NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1 COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA BAKAÇ

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to understand basic nuclear concepts, basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity, decay properties, radiation detector.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To express basic properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law and the rules of radiation measurement
2   To comprehend properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law and the rules of radiation measurement
3   To apply properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law and the rules of radiation measurement
4   To analyze properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law and the rules of radiation measurement
5   To relate properties of nuclei, natural radioactivity decay law and the rules of radiation measurement

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introductory Nuclear Physics-Basic Concepts
2 History-Terminology
3 Basic properties of atom and nuclei Atom Models-The nuclear radius-Mass of Nuclides- angular momentum-binding energy
4 Basic Properties of atom and nuclei Cont. Cross section-electromagnetic moments
5 Radioactivity and the radioactive decay law
6 Sequence radioactive decay law- problems
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Radioactive series-Radioactive dating-units for measuring radiation
9 Types and properties of decays Alpha decay, beta decay
10 Types and properties of decays cont. Gamma decay
11 Detecting nuclear radiations
12 Gas-filled counters
13 Scintillation and semiconductor detectors
14 Counting of nuclear radiation and counting statistics, Errors
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Nuclear Physics I course material
2) Nuclear Physics. Volumes I and 2 Kenneth S. Krane. Çeviri Editörü: Başar ŞARER, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara-2001, 2002.
3) Nuclear Physics. Prof. Dr. Besim TANYEL. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, Izmir, 1994
4) Nuclear Physics Problem Solitions: Krane. Çeviri Editörü: Başar ŞARER, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara-2001.
5) Nuclear Physics Problems. Doç. Dr. Şevket ÖZKÖK. Çağlayan Kitabevi, Istanbul-1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

expression, question-answer, discussion, group study, active learning methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams, attendance to the classes, homeworks

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The students are expected to come to the lectures, and to be present at the lectures at least 70%.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e- mail: mustafa.bakac@deu.edu.tr
Tel office: +90 232 3012382

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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