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According to syllabus of University of Pune, Applied Sciences II is studied in First Year of Mechanical Engineering. As its in 1st year, student are a lot from 12th standard thinking which obviously works with Applied Sciences. Like 12th it contains two subjects, Applied Physics and Applied Chemistry. Among them I was always fan of Applied Physics.
Applied Physics:
Applied physics is subdivided in some more parts. I have given possible explanation to each of them below.
Wave:
It covers two major parts, Wave Equation and Wave Particle Duality. Some terms are Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, wave nature of matter, wave electron diffraction, Davission and Germer’s Experiments, concept of wave function and probability interpretation, tunneling effect etc.
Lasers:
This is really attractive parts and moreover those alien movies have so much popularized laser that we don’t need to tell about it. Here we learn how laser is generated and its vast applications today in various branches like Medical, Information Technology, communication system, fiber optic etc.
Semiconductor Physics and Modern Physics:
Huge revolution in electronics is output of semiconductor technology. Here we learn about semiconductor materials like beryllium, silicon etc. then terms like Hall effect, Fermi level, Fermi Dirac Probability etc. In modern physics we see electron level physics like electrostatic and magnetostatic focusing.
Applied Chemistry:
Again applied chemistry is subdivided into subtopics which are discussed in brief below and one more thing chemistry part of applied sciences II is easier than physics as compared to situation in applied sciences I:
Fuels:
It teaches us a lot about fuels. Basic distinction like Solid, liquid, gaseous then measuring the calorific value of fuel, bomb calorimeter, boye’s calorimeter etc. Various fuels we learn are coal, petroleum products like petrol, diesel etc. LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas), CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) rocket propellants etc.
Electrochemistry:
This is a lot about cells. From basic we learn things like EMF concept (Electro-Magnetic Force), redox (Reduction-Oxidation) reaction, Nernst Theory etc. After cells batteries approaches us. There are huge types among the batteries.
Analytical Chemistry:
After photochemistry we see, analytical one. We cover electromagnetic radiations, spectroscopy, ultraviolet visible spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, chromatography, gas chromatogrphy etc.
Corrosion:
Last part of chemistry. We start with simply types of corrosion, atmospheric corrosion, wet corrosion, then factors affecting, cathodic and anodic protection etc. and much more.
This is not complete overview of the Applied Science subject but still its good for 1st introduction with subject. That’s all.
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