RDTH 160 - General Physics for Radiation Therapy

1. Perform basic trigonometric operations related to right triangles.
2. Use and convert physical quantities and measurements in the SI system.
3. Solve problems that require an ability to apply Newton’s Three Laws of Motion; describe the interaction of force, mass, weight, and acceleration for motion with constant acceleration.
4. Perform computations using the physical relationships among work, momentum, energy, power, equivalence of work and energy, and conservation principles.
5. Measure and/or compute temperature and linear expansion.
6. Compute the quantity of heat transferred using the concepts of specific heat capacity, latent heats of fusion and vaporization, and heat of combustion.
7. Compute the quantity of heat transferred using the concepts and mathematics of thermal conductivity, convection, and radiation.
8. Compute key performance parameters in periodic and simple harmonic motion and longitudinal and transverse wave motion, as exemplified by periodic mechanical disturbance, sound and light.
9. Describe the basic properties and laws of electricity and magnetism.
10. Solve basic problems in electricity and magnetism including electromagnetic induction and transformers.
11. Explain the relationship of the electronic spin of an element to its potential magnetic properties.
12. Describe the process of ionization.
13. Classify the characteristics of an element using the periodic table.
14. Use laboratory equipment to demonstrate scientific principles.
15. Recognize uncertainties in data.
16. Work in teams.
17. Draw reasonable conclusions from quantitative data and communicate results to others.

• Introduction to measurements and units
• Motion and force
• Work and energy
• Gravitation
• Temperature and expansion
• Heat
• Thermodynamics
• Wave Motion
• Magnetism
• Ionization
• Structure of matter
• Elements in Periodic Table

 
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