Phys 360: Environmental Physics

External reading and links for:

• Wed Apr 22: Radioactive decay (movie1, movie2), U fission movie, periodic table, plutonium poisoning?
• Mon Apr 21: Hydroelectric (DOE/EERE), Low-Impact Hydro (GEO), "Nature's Product" (BGutilities), AMP-Ohio JV5.
• Fri Apr 17: Vestas wind turbines (our V80), BG Utilities & some statistics (11/2004) , AMP-Ohio JV6
• Wed Apr 15: PV panels on ice arena (SolarEnergyBG, Monitor, Blade)
• Fri Apr 10: Direct vs Alternating Current (1888 -- Edison vs Westinghouse) AC generator
• Mon Mar 30 -- Links for Group Project#2: R-values of windows & R vs U values; IRS tax credits on Energy Efficient Property
• Wed Mar 18: Light extras, visit sections on Light & Radiation, (Generating Radiation), and Thermal (Blackbody) Radiation
• Fri Mar 6 : Geothermal heat pumps (DOE/EERE)
• Wed Mar 4 : Heats of Vaporization & Fusion
• Fri Feb 28: Steam Engines, 4-Stroke Engines, other engines.
• Fri Feb 20: Group Project on Car Costs (instructions & spreadsheet, with exponential $fuel, tutorial on MSexcel spreadsheets)
• Wed Feb 11: Hybrid Car Technology
• Fri Feb 6: Vehicle drag and fuel efficiency