| AS and A2 Physics |
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| AS units |
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Action |
Mechanics
and Radioactivity |
Mechanics: Percentage uncertainty, vernier callipers, micrometers, density, SI units, homogeneity, displacement-time graphs, velocity-time graphs, acceleration-time graphs, measuring velocity, measuring acceleration, motion graphs for a bouncing ball, equations of motion, vertical projection, projectile motion, Newton's laws of motion, the four types of force, Newton's Force Pairs, resolving vectors, free body force diagrams, turning moments, conservation of momentum, impulse, elastic collisions, work done, conservation of energy. Radioactivity: structure of the atom, Rutherford scattering, isotopes, quarks, ionisation, the G-M tube, types of radiation, changes in atomic and mass number, blocking radiation, deflection by magnetic fields, fission, decay and half life. Slides: 97 Size: 3.4Mb Last modified: 26/6/06 |
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Electricity
and Thermal Physics |
Electricity: Basic principles of electric currents, calculating charge, how current and voltage behave in series and parallel circuits, Kirchoff's laws, voltage-position graphs, EMF, resistors in series and parallel, carrier density, drift speed, resistivity, potential dividers, current-voltage graphs, internal resistance. Thermal Physics: pressure and volume in gases, Boyle's Law, the Ideal Gas Equation, Brownian Motion, kinetic theory, molecular speeds, rms speeds, internal energy, heat transfer, conduction, convection, radiation, specific heat capacity, latent heat of fusion, 1st law of thermodynamics, heat engines and heat pumps. Slides: 113 Size: 2.6Mb Last modified: 26/6/06 |
A2 units |
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Description |
Action |
Waves |
Waves: Circular motion, centripetal acceleration, radians,
equations for circular motion, simple harmonic motion, graphs and equations for SHM, maximum values,
energy changes during SHM, the basics of waves, the wave equation, resonance, damping, travelling waves,
polarisation, refraction, diffraction, phase difference, coherence, superposition, path difference, Young's Double Slit experiment,
interference patterns, stationary waves, nodes and antinodes
Quantum Physics: Photoelectric emission,
energy of photoelectrons, photocurrents, threshold frequenices, stopping voltages, absorption and emission spectra
The Universe: Red shift, the Doppler Effect, Hubble's Law and different views of the end of the Universe. Slides: 85 Size: 3.3Mb Last modified: 28/10/07 |
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Fields,
Forces and Synthesis |
Fields: Newton's laws of Gravitation, centripetal force and gravity, Kepler's Laws, gravitational field strength, Coulomb's Law, electric fields, equipotentials, potential gradients, electric fields around a point, comparing electric and gravitational fields, charging and discharging capacitors, time constant, storing energy in a capacitor, capacitor combinations, comparing capacitors and radioactivity. Forces: magnetic fields around wires and solenoids, Fleming's left hand rule, magnetic flux density, electromagnetic induction, magnetic flux, Faraday's Law, Lenz' law, transformers. Synthesis: electron beams, Van De Graaf generators, LINACs, Cyclotrons, magnetic forces on charged particles, detection chambers, energy-mass equivalence, atomic mass unit, nuclear fission and fusion. Slides: 79 Size: 1.7Mb Last modified: 26/6/06 |