Phys 3600: Environmental Physics

External reading and links for:

• Wed Fri 22: Radioactive decay (movie1, movie2), U fission movie, periodic table, plutonium poisoning?
• Mon Apr 19: Hydroelectric (DOE/EERE), Low-Impact Hydro (GEO), "Nature's Product" (BGutilities), AMP-Ohio JV5.
• Fri Apr 15: Vestas wind turbines (our V80), BG Utilities & some statistics (11/2004) , AMP-Ohio JV6
• Wed Apr 13: PV panels on ice arena (SolarEnergyBG, Monitor, Blade)
• Fri Apr 8: Direct vs Alternating Current (1888 -- Edison vs Westinghouse) AC generator
• Wed Mar 20 -- Links for Group Project#2: R-values of windows & R vs U values; IRS tax credits on Energy Efficient Property
• Wed Mar 23: Light extras, visit sections on Light & Radiation, (Generating Radiation), and Thermal (Blackbody) Radiation
• Fri Mar 18 : Geothermal heat pumps (DOE/EERE)
• Wed Feb 23: Heats of Vaporization & Fusion
• Fri Feb 18: Hybrid Cars & Group Project on Car Costs (instructions & spreadsheet, with exponential $fuel, tutorial on MSexcel spreadsheets)
• Feb 14: Steam Engines, 4-Stroke Engines, other engines.
• Feb 7: Hubbert Curve fitting spreadsheet (MSexcel .xls)
• Feb 4: Gear Ratios
• Feb 2: Car aerodynamics, drag force and examples of drag coefficients