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PHYSICS FOR CULINARY SCIENCE
cod. 1000157

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica della materia (FIS/03)
Field
Discipline matematiche, fisiche, informatiche e statistiche
Type of training activity
Basic
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Learning objectives

Basic knowledge of electricity, magnetism, acoustics, optics and their applications to gastronomy.

Prerequisites

Basic notions of mechanics, thermodynamics, fluidodynamics.

Course unit content

 Electricity: <br />
electric charge<br />
Coulomb's law,<br />
electric field, <br />
electric potentia, <br />
direct electrical currents.<br />
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Magnetism:<br />
magnetic field,<br />
induction,<br />
alternate  currents,  RLC circuits,<br />
electrical currents in liquids and solids<br />
electrical measurements in food systems.<br />
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Acoustics:<br />
oscillations and waves<br />
frequency, wavelenght, amplitude,<br />
spectral analysis<br />
resonance and beatings<br />
acoustical analysis of gastronomic sounds<br />
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Optics:<br />
electromagnetic waves<br />
spectra<br />
refelexion, refraction, interference, diffraction <br />
colorimetry<br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

C. Van der Merwe Fisica generale (Collana Schaum) Etas libri<br />
A.Eintein-L.Infeld, L'evoluzione della fisica, Boringhieri<br />
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