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cod. 0512700021

ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS LABORATORY

	0512700021
	DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
	EQF6
	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
	2018/2019

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
FIS/07	3	24	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
FIS/07	3	36	LAB	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH THEORETICAL AND OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE RELATIVE TO THE MEASUREMENTS OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST, THE TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS AND SENSORS AVAILABLE, COMPUTER INTERFACING AND DATA TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES.

	Prerequisites
	ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL PHYSICS AND IN PARTICULAR ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS.

	Contents
	LECTURES (3 CFU): MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS. RECAP OF LINEAR CIRCUIT THEORY. ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS: OSCILLOSCOPE AND FUNCTION GENERATOR. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: PROPAGATION AND CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES. TRANSDUCERS. SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS OF EM FIELDS. DIGITAL SIGNALS AND DATA TRANSMISSION. STRUCTURE OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER INTERFACING INSTRUMENTATION INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY INTRODUCTION TO X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY INTRODUCTION TO X EDS ANALYSIS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS (3 CFU): DC CIRCUIT STUDY, RC CIRCUIT CHARACTERIZATION, TRANSMISSION LINES CHARACTERIZATION, MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS: TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, LIGHT, NOISE, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD, PH OF SOIL, WATER CONDUCTIVITY, CO2 LEVEL PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

LECTURES (3 CFU):
MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS.
RECAP OF LINEAR CIRCUIT THEORY.
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS: OSCILLOSCOPE AND FUNCTION GENERATOR.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: PROPAGATION AND CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE
INSTRUMENTATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES.
TRANSDUCERS.
SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS OF EM FIELDS.
DIGITAL SIGNALS AND DATA TRANSMISSION.
STRUCTURE OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER
INTERFACING INSTRUMENTATION
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
INTRODUCTION TO X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
INTRODUCTION TO X EDS ANALYSIS

LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS (3 CFU):
DC CIRCUIT STUDY,
RC CIRCUIT CHARACTERIZATION,
TRANSMISSION LINES CHARACTERIZATION,
MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS: TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, LIGHT, NOISE, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD, PH OF SOIL, WATER CONDUCTIVITY, CO2 LEVEL
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE COURSE. (3CFU) LABORATORY EXERCISES ORIENTED TO THE MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES RELATED TO NATURAL AS WELL AS ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN. (3CFU) ATTENDANCE OF FRONTAL LECTURES IS MANDATORY FOR AT LEAST 2/3 OF THE HOURS ATTENDANCE OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS IS MANDATORY FOR AT LEAST 2/3 OF THE HOURS MISSED EXPERIMENTS MAY BE RECOVERED IN DATES TO BE DEFINED (BY GROUPS OF STUDENTS)

Teaching Methods

LECTURES ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE COURSE. (3CFU)
LABORATORY EXERCISES ORIENTED TO THE MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES RELATED TO NATURAL AS WELL AS ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN. (3CFU)

ATTENDANCE OF FRONTAL LECTURES IS MANDATORY FOR AT LEAST 2/3 OF THE HOURS
ATTENDANCE OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS IS MANDATORY FOR AT LEAST 2/3 OF THE HOURS
MISSED EXPERIMENTS MAY BE RECOVERED IN DATES TO BE DEFINED (BY GROUPS OF STUDENTS)

	Verification of learning
	TO PASS THE EXAM THE STUDENT MUST PERFORM ALL THE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND PRODUCE THE TECHNICAL REPORTS. THE EXAM IS IN ORAL FORM IN WHICH THE STUDENT - EXPLAINS THE WORK DONE IN THE LABORATORY (GRADE 0-9, OBTAINED EVALUATING THE GRASP OF CONCEPTS AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY AND CORRECTNESS OF THE EXPLANATIONS), - ANSWERS TO THREE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SUBJECTS OF THE LECTURES (GRADE 0-7 FOR EACH ANSWER, EVALUATED FOR CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS AND VOCABULARY, TOTAL 0-21). THE EXAM IS PASSED IF A MINIMUM MARK OF 18 IS ACHIEVED. IF THE MARK OF 30 IS REACHED, THE EXAM MAY BE PASSED "CUM LAUDE" IF THE STUDENTS REMARKABLY MASTERS THE TAUGHT SUBJECTS. THE EXAM CANNOT BE PASSED IF ONE OR MORE EXPERIMENT REPORTS ARE MISSING.

Verification of learning

TO PASS THE EXAM THE STUDENT MUST PERFORM ALL THE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND PRODUCE THE TECHNICAL REPORTS.
THE EXAM IS IN ORAL FORM IN WHICH THE STUDENT
- EXPLAINS THE WORK DONE IN THE LABORATORY (GRADE 0-9, OBTAINED EVALUATING THE GRASP OF CONCEPTS AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY AND CORRECTNESS OF THE EXPLANATIONS),
- ANSWERS TO THREE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SUBJECTS OF THE LECTURES (GRADE 0-7 FOR EACH ANSWER, EVALUATED FOR CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS AND VOCABULARY, TOTAL 0-21).
THE EXAM IS PASSED IF A MINIMUM MARK OF 18 IS ACHIEVED. IF THE MARK OF 30 IS REACHED, THE EXAM MAY BE PASSED "CUM LAUDE" IF THE STUDENTS REMARKABLY MASTERS THE TAUGHT SUBJECTS.

THE EXAM CANNOT BE PASSED IF ONE OR MORE EXPERIMENT REPORTS ARE MISSING.