Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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This group covers any physical sciences that are not elsewhere classified.
It includes:

• biological physics (other than human biophysics);
• complex physical systems;
• medical physics;
• synchrotron and accelerator technologies; and
• instruments and techniques used in physics research.

029901 Biological Physics
029902 Complex Physical Systems
029903 Medical Physics
029904 Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments and Techniques
029999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:
a) Mathematical aspects of physics are included in Group 0105 Mathematical Physics.
b) Optical properties of materials are included in Group 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry.
c) Tropospheric and stratospheric physics are included in Group 0401 Atmospheric Sciences.
d) Extraterrestrial geology is included in Group 0403 Geology.
e) Geophysics is included in Group 0404 Geophysics.
f) Soil physics is included in Group 0503 Soil Sciences.
g) Engineering aspects of the physical sciences are included in Division 09 Engineering.
h) Technological aspects of the physical sciences are included in Division 10 Technology.
i) Human biophysics is included in Group 1116 Medical Physiology.
j) History and philosophy of science is included in Group 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields.