Department of Physics & Chemistry

About the department

The students who are willing to study physics at undergraduate and graduate level can enjoy educating and gaining both theoretical and practical knowledge by being in a vibrant and enthusiastic environment formed by the ten supportive academic staff.

The graduate students choose to study one of the three areas of interest including, Nuclear Physics, Solid-state Physics, and Particle Physics.

There are several laboratories in this department who provide students with appropriate solutions to problems and an environment for further practice.

This department also continued its work by admitting students at graduate level with an interest in Physical Chemistry. Physical Chemistry applies physics to the study of chemistry, and includes, among other things, quantum mechanics; it’s the study of the structures that hold molecules together. Thermodynamics and kinetics are also part of studying this branch of chemistry.

The students are supported to conduct their theses using the facilities of various laboratories. The department aims improving students’ research knowledge and experience to prepare them for Ph.D. studies as well as independent research scholars. In addition, areas of interest will be added to the department such as Analytical Chemistry, Mineral Chemistry, and so forth.

Upon graduation, the students should be capable of working in research institutes and solving the problems of chemical industry of the country.

 

Educational laboratories

General Physics 1 Laboratory

This lab aims at examining and experimenting the fundamentals of physics. More specifically, the purpose of the experiments is to understand the concepts and academic terms taught in mechanical physics such as measurement, force, friction, smooth and accelerated movement.

In addition, the students can increase their information about conducting various experiments, calculating laboratory errors, data analysis, working with the equipment, and so forth.

The list of the experiments that are conducted in the lab:

Investigating the laws of motion using the Atwood Machine.

Kinetic friction

Hooke's law on vertical springs

Simple pendulum

Pendulum cutter

Compound pendulum

Power table

Determining the spring's torsion coefficient

General Physics 2 Laboratory

 

General Physics 3 Laboratory

This lab aims at examining the laws of physics about heat, thermodynamics, and acoustics.

The list of the experiments that are conducted in the lab:

Calculating the specific heat of solids

Calculating the specific heat of liquids by cooling

Linear expansion of solids

Volumetric expansion of fluids

Latent heat of fusion of ice

Mechanical equivalent of heat

Expansion of gases

Determining the speed of sound in the air

Linear expansion

 

General Physics 4 Laboratory

This lab aims understanding and obtaining further information about Modern Physics.

The list of the experiments that are conducted in the lab:

Photoelectric effect

Millikan oil drop

Ziman's phenomenon

Balmer series

Franck–Hertz experiment

Black body radiation

Investigating the electron spin resonance

Hall effect

 

Solid State Physics Laboratory

Students’ participation in this lab is part of their practical courses during the undergraduate level.

The list of the experiments that are conducted in the lab:

Testing magnetic properties of the materials

Thermoelectric test

Ferromagnetic phenomenon

Test of photoelectricity

Test of electrical conductivity in solids

Hall effect on copper and silver

Residue curve mapping

Measurement of thermal expansion coefficient

 

 

Optics Laboratory

This lab aims at understanding and obtaining further information about light wave behaviors through doing various experiments.

The list of the experiments that are conducted in the lab:

Optical viewfinder

Fresnel diffraction patterns

Michelson interferometer

Fabry-Perot interferometer

Diffraction Grating

Single-slit and double-slit diffraction

Reflective grating

Newton's rings

Fresnel's double-mirror experiment

Yang Split

Fresnel's Double Prism

Air Wedge

 

Research Laboratories

Nonlinear optics

The activities of this lab include:

Optical memories

Optical phase conjugating devices

Organic light-emitting diodes and organic field-effect transistors

Optical parallel processing applications

Exploring orbital angular momentum of photon

 

Nuclear Physics laboratory

This lab which is directed by Dr. Vejdani, is engaged in educational and research activities. One of the frequent activities is to hold classes of Nuclear Physics for undergraduate students and also Gamma Spectroscopy classes for graduate students.

Several research studies have been conducted in this lab and the results have been published and presented in national and international conferences.

Other notable activities include:

• Detection and measurement of ionizing radiation.
• Providing information and making agreements with organizations such as municipality for performing periodic dosimetry and measuring natural gamma dosage that is obtained by the inhabitants of an area.
• Holding meetings and making contracts with organizations for measuring the amount of the natural radiating pollutants in soil of an areas.
• Providing counselling services to organizations about radiation safety.

Some of the important equipment include:

Gamma Spectroscopy

A device for measuring natural pollutants

The Geiger counter

Gamma dosimeter, etc.

 

Nano Research Laboratory

This equipped lab aims at conducting Nano-based research studies.

The equipment of this include:

Electric lab oven

Vertical split tube furnace

Ultrasonic Bath

Centrifuge

Precise laboratory scale

Thermo magnetic stirrer

Handheld Pill Press

 

Computational Physics Laboratory

This lab with enough beneficial equipment facilitate the computations needed for the research studies. This lab with software and hardware facilities support the students to conduct studies like computational and numerical analysis, computer simulation, programming, and so forth.

Computer features:

Processor: Intel(R) core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz

Memory: 8GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6n)

Disk: 1TB WDC WD10EZRX-00L

 

Observatory

This lab aims at providing chances for the students who are interested in astronomy to experience working with equipment and to enjoy observing the sky, moon, meteor shower, comets, sky nebulae, and many more enthusiastic things.

This observatory with more than 100 square meters space is equipped with two telescopes. There is an 8-inch Newtonian reflector GoTo telescope with equatorial mount and a 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain GoTo telescope with altazimuth mount. There are also a number of eyepieces including, 7.5, 10, 20, 42, and 50 millimeter

ones. Cables are available for Canon

and Nikon camera connects.