Topic Notes
Introduction
The Building Blocks
Stable/Unstable Nuclei
Nuclear Radiation
Nuclear Equations
Electromagnetic Radiation
Antiparticles
Quarks
Fundamental Forces
Feynman Diagrams
Classification of Particles
Conservation Laws
Photons
Excitation and Ionisation
The Fluorescent Tube
The Photoelectric Effect
Electron Diffraction
Wave-Particle Duality
Progressive Waves
Longitudinal Waves and Transverse Waves
Refraction
Superposition
Interference
Stationary Waves
Diffraction
Scalar and Vector Quantities
The Addition of Vectors
The Resolution of Vectors
Turning Moments
Motion in a Straight Line
Equations for Uniform Acceleration
Projectile Motion
Newton's First Law
Newton's Second Law of Motion
Newton's Third Law of Motion
Practical Investigations
Work
Calculating the Energy
The Principle of Conservation of Energy
Efficiency
Power
Introducing Momentum
Momentum and Impulse
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Momentum and Energy
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Density
Hooke's Law
Stress and the Young Modulus
Moving Charge and Electic Current
Potential Difference and Electromotive Force
Resistance
Current/PD characteristics and Ohm's Law
Thermistors
Resistivity
Electrical Power in Circuits
Circuit Calculations
Internal Resistance and Electromotive Force
Resistor Networks
Potential Dividers
Circular Measure
Centripetal Acceleration
Centripetal Force
Simple Harmonic Motion
Mathematical Description of SHM
Time Period of Oscillations
Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
Free, Clamped and Forced Oscillations
Forced Oscillations
Newton's Law of Gravity
Gravitational Fields
Gravitational Potential
Escape Velocity
Orbits
Thermodynamics
Heating up Substances and Changes of State
The Gas Laws
Avogadro's law, the ideal gas equation and moles
Ideal Gases
A molecular kinetic theory model
Comparing two models of the behaviour of gases