RIFT VALLEY TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

SUBJECT OUTLINE FOR SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 2011 COURSE: DMP (TEP) 011/DMPT (TEP) 011/DAE (TEP) 011 SUBJECT: PHYSICAL SCIENCE WEEK 2 DATE LECTURER: KIKWAI J. K REMARKS

TOPIC/SUBTOPIC ACOUSTICS 13/09/2011 Mechanisms of propagation through various media, intensity, sound pressure level, superposition and resonance Application of sound levels, noise & noise pollution, vibrations. Acoustics of buildings
MODERN PHYSICS (NUCLEAR PHYSICS)

Photoelectric effect, photosensitivity, quantum theory, plancks-einsteins eqn, properties & applications, hazards Nucleus structure, modes of decay, half life and decay constant, detection ATOMIC STRUCTURE: 27/09/2011 Nucleus with orbital electrons, electron configuration, atomic spectra, Hydrogen atom-Bohrs theory Build up of elements, Hunds rule, Aufbau principle, atomic number, explanation of periodicity CAT 1 20/09/2011
GENERAL PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTS

04/10/2011 11/10/2011

Extra nuclear structure, nuclear physics, structure of atom

18/10/2011

18/10/2011

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25/10/2011

Size of atom, ion Electron affinity, Ionization energies, Electronegativity Extraction and reaction of Na & Al, Lab. & industrial preparation of H2, Cl2, O2 & N2, Physical & chemical properties(reaction with metals & non-metals) CAT 11 METALS Size, density, melting & b. points, Reactivity of metals Ionization energies, Magnetic, oxidation properties, Variable valencies EXAMS