Department History
The department of Physics at College of Science and Humanitarian Studies (Salman bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj) was established in 1426 Hijri (2005 G) being one of the first to be functional in this new university. Teaching at department of physics started since the first semester of the academic Hijri year of 1427-1428 (2006-2007 G) for male students only. From the beginning of the academic Hijri year of 1430-1431 (2010-2011 G), a female section was established at the department. Department of physics offers a four-year program of study leading to a Bachelor's degree in physics. The department offers flexible degree plan that allow students to enter careers in research and development field after graduating or continue to graduate school. Also the department of physics offers courses to other departments and colleges such as College of Engineering, and Computer Engineering.
Department Graduates
B.Sc. Graduates
Master of Physics Graduates
Physics Laboratories
The department has several labs equipped with updated experiments.
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Location
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Lab
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No:
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1D1
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Properties of Matter and Heat (General Physics)
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1
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1D6
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Electricity and Optics (General Physics)
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2
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1D2
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Optics
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3
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1D2
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Computational Physics
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4
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1D3
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Advanced Physics
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5
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1D4
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Electromagnetic
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6
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1D5
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Experimental Solid State
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7
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2D6
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Electronics
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8
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1B3
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Graduation Project Lab
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9
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1-Lab of Properties of Matter and Heat (General Physics):
This lab includes several experiments such as verification of Archimedes’s principle - Simple pendulum – Hooke’s law - Table of forces – Air track - Sound - Viscosity – Specific heat of capacity – Joule’s experiment.
2-Lab of Properties of Electricity and Optics (General Physics):
This lab includes several experiments such as verification of Charging and Discharging – Ohm’s law – Metric bridge – Galvanometer – Prism – Refractive index – Spectrometer - Lenses.
3-Lab of Electromagnetic:
This lab concerned with studying: Coulomb¢s law - The two parallel plates capacitor - Biot-Savart¢s law - The magnetic flux density of a circular conductor - Faraday¢s law -The electromagnetic induction in a moving conductor - The setup and the step-down transformers with and without load - The earth magnetic field - The resonance in RLC series and parallel circuits - The diode tube - Thomson¢s experiment.
4-Lab of Optics:
This lab concerned with studying: Determine the speed of light in air and in liquid - Abbe refractometer -Determination of the specific rotation power of the glucose - Determination the wavelengths for a given radius of curvature of the lens using Newton's Ring interference - Determination of the He-Ne laser wavelength using the Michelson interferometer - Measurement of the wavelength of microwaves through the production of standing waves with reflection at the Reflector- Measurement of the wavelength of microwaves using the interference through double slits- Determination of the laser wavelength using the laser diffraction- Investigate the interference phenomena using Mach-zender interferometer - Investigate the polarization phenomena.
5-Lab of Experimental Solid State:
This lab concerned with studying: Electrical conductivity using 4-probe technique - Photo conductivity – behavior of electrical resistance with temperature of semiconducting and conducting materials - Hystersis loop – Hall effect - Dielectric constant – Thermoelecrricity – X-ray diffraction.
6-Lab of Advanced Physics:
Characteristic curve of Geiger Muller tube - Dead time in Geiger Muller tube - Inverse square law - Absorption of gamma ray - Statistical counting - Half time determination for radioactive source - Hydrogen atom spectrum - Photoelectric effect - Cathode ray tube - Millikan’s experiment - Electron spin resonance - Nuclear magnetic resonance - Alpha particles spectrum - Beta particles spectrum - Gamma ray spectrum.
7-Lab of Electronics:
This lab concerned with studying: Kirchhoff’s law - Voltage divider - Current divider – High pass filter - Diode characteristics - Half wave rectifier - Power supply (smoothing circuits) - Zener diode - Transistor circuits.
8-Computational Physics:
This lab contains 27 computer equiped by MATLAB to help in the Computational Physics courses in the departemnt.
9-Lab of Graduate Projects:
This lab concerned with studying: Magnetic susceptibility.
10-Lab of Material Science:
The materials science laboratory specializes in research related to the development of new materials, especially using local resources. The laboratory also performs some mechanical tests and porosity characterization.
Academic Accreditation (ASIIN)
