1. Working as a Physicist

Working as a Physicist

1.1 SI Units

1.2 Practical Skills

1.3 Estimating Physical Quantities

1.4 Limitations of Measurements

1.5 Scientific Communication

1.6 Applications of Science

1.7 The Scientific Community

1.8 Science & Society

2. Mechanics

Motion

2.1 Equations of Motion

2.2 Motion Graphs

2.3 Properties of Motion Graphs

2.4 Scalars & Vectors

2.5 Resolving Vectors

2.6 Finding the Resultant Vector

2.7 Projectiles

2.8 Forces as Vectors

Forces & Momentum

2.9 Force & Acceleration

2.10 Mass, Weight & Gravitational Field Strength

2.11 Core Practical 1: Investigating the Acceleration of Freefall

2.12 Newton's Third Law of Motion

2.13 Momentum

2.14 Conservation of Linear Momentum

Moments

2.15 Moments

2.16 Centre of Gravity & The Principle of Moments

Work, Energy & Power

2.17 Work

2.18 Kinetic Energy

2.19 Gravitational Potential Energy

2.20 The Principle of Conservation of Energy

2.21 Power

2.22 Efficiency

3. Electric Circuits

Current, Potential Difference, Resistance & Power

3.1 Electric Current

3.2 Potential Difference

3.3 Ohm's Law

3.4 Charge Conservation in Circuits

3.5 Energy Conservation in Circuits

3.6 Resistance in Series & Parallel

3.7 Electrical Power

3.8 Current-Potential Difference Graphs

Resistance, Resistivity & Potential Dividers

3.9 Electrical Resistivity

3.10 Core Practical 2: Investigating Resistivity

3.11 Current & Drift Velocity

3.12 Potential Difference & Conductor Length

3.13 Potential Dividers

3.14 Potential Dividers & Variable Resistance

E.M.F & Modelling Resistance

3.15 Electromotive Force

3.16 Internal Resistance

3.17 E.M.F. vs. Terminal Potential Difference

3.18 Core Practical 3: Investigating E.M.F. & Internal Resistance

3.19 Resistance & Temperature

3.20 Resistance & Illumination

4. Materials

Density, Upthrust & Viscous Drag

4.1 Density

4.2 Upthrust

4.3 Viscous Drag

4.4 Core Practical 4: Investigating Viscosity

Stretching Materials

4.5 Hooke's Law

4.6 Stress, Strain & The Young Modulus

4.7 Force-Extension Graphs

4.8 Stress-Strain Graphs

4.9 Core Practical 5: Investigating Young Modulus

4.10 Elastic Strain Energy

5. Waves & Particle Nature of Light

Transverse & Longitudinal Waves

5.1 Properties of Waves

5.2 The Wave Equation

5.3 Longitudinal Waves

5.4 Transverse Waves

5.5 Representing Waves on Graphs

5.6 Core Practical 6: Investigating the Speed of Sound

Interference & Stationary Waves

5.7 Interference & Superposition of Waves

5.8 Phase & Path Difference

5.9 Stationary Waves

5.10 Wave Speed on a Stretched String

5.11 Core Practical 7: Investigating Stationary Waves

Refraction, Reflection & Polarisation

5.12 Equation for the Intensity of Radiation

5.13 Refraction & Refractive Index

5.14 Critical Angle

5.15 Total Internal Reflection

5.16 Measuring Refractive Index

5.17 Converging & Diverging Lenses

5.18 Using Ray Diagrams

5.19 Power of a Lens

5.20 Thin Lenses in Combination

5.21 Real & Virtual Images

5.22 The Lens Equation

5.23 Magnification

5.24 Plane Polarisation

Waves, Electrons & Photons

5.25 Diffraction

5.26 The Diffraction Grating Equation

5.27 Core Practical 8: Investigating Diffraction Gratings

5.28 The Wave Nature of Electrons

5.29 The de Broglie Equation

5.30 Transmission & Reflection of Waves

5.31 Pulse-Echo Technique

5.32 Wave-Particle Duality

5.33 Energy of a Photon

The Photoelectric Effect & Atomic Spectra

5.34 The Photoelectric Effect

5.35 The Photoelectric Equation

5.36 The Electronvolt

5.37 The Particle Nature of EM Radiation

5.38 Atomic Line Spectra

6. Further Mechanics

Momentum & Impulse

6.1 Impulse

6.2 Core Practical 9: Investigating Impulse

6.3 Applying Conservation of Linear Momentum

6.4 Core Practical 10: Investigating Collisions using ICT

6.5 Elastic & Inelastic Collisions

6.6 Energy-Momentum Relation

Circular Motion

6.7 Radians & Angular Displacement

6.8 Angular Velocity

6.9 Centripetal Acceleration

6.10 Maintaining Circular Motion

6.11 Centripetal Force

7. Electric & Magnetic Fields

Electric Fields

7.1 Defining an Electric Field

7.2 Electric Field Strength

7.3 Electric Force between Two Charges

7.4 Electric Field due to a Point Charge

7.5 Electric Field & Potential

7.6 Electric Field between Parallel Plates

7.7 Electric Potential for a Radial Field

7.8 Representing Radial & Uniform Electric Fields

Capacitance

7.9 Capacitance

7.10 Energy Stored by a Capacitor

7.11 Charge & Discharge Curves

7.12 Core Practical 11: Investigating Capacitor Charge & Discharge

7.13 Exponential Discharge in a Capacitor

Magnetic Fields

7.14 Magnetic Flux Density, Flux & Flux Linkage

7.15 Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle

7.16 Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor

Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Currents

7.17 Induced E.M.F in a Moving Coil

7.18 Induced E.M.F between Linked Coils

7.19 Lenz's Law

7.20 Faraday's Law

7.21 Alternating Currents & Potential Differences

7.22 Root-Mean-Square Current & Potential Difference

8. Nuclear & Particle Physics

Exploring the Structure of Matter

8.1 Nucleon & Proton Number

8.2 The Nuclear Model of the Atom

8.3 Thermionic Emission

8.4 Particle Accelerators & Detectors

8.5 Radius of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field

8.6 Interpreting Particle Tracks

8.7 High Energy Particle Collisions

8.8 Annihilation of Matter & Antimatter

8.9 Unit Conversions for Energy & Mass

8.10 Relativistic Situations

Particle Interactions & Conservation

8.11 The Standard Model

8.12 Antimatter

8.13 Conservation Laws in Particle Physics

8.14 Particle Interaction Equations

9. Thermodynamics

Thermal Energy Transfer

9.1 Specific Heat Capacity & Latent Heat

9.2 Core Practical 12: Calibrating a Thermistor

9.3 Core Practical 13: Investigating Specific Latent Heat

Kinetic Theory & Ideal Gases

9.4 Internal Energy

9.5 Temperature & Absolute Zero

9.6 Kinetic Theory of Gases Equation

9.7 Ideal Gas Equation

9.8 Core Practical 14: Investigating Gas Pressure & Volume

9.9 Average Molecular Kinetic Energy

Black Body Radiation

9.10 Black Body Radiation

9.11 Stefan-Boltzmann Law

9.12 Wien’s Law

10. Space

Astronomy

10.1 Inverse Square Law of Flux

10.2 Parallax

10.3 Standard Candles

10.4 The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

10.5 The Life Cycle of Stars

Cosmology

10.6 Doppler Shift

10.7 Equations for Cosmology

10.8 Cosmology

11. Nuclear Radiation

Nuclear Fusion & Fission

11.1 Nuclear Binding Energy & Mass Deficit

11.2 Atomic Mass Unit

11.3 Binding Energy per Nucleon Graph

11.4 Nuclear Fusion

Radioactivity Decay

11.5 Background Radiation

11.6 Alpha, Beta & Gamma Radiation

11.7 Nuclear Decay Equations

11.8 Core Practical 15: Investigating Gamma Radiation Absorption

11.9 The Random Nature of Nuclear Decay

11.10 Equations for Nuclear Physics

12. Gravitational Fields

Gravitational Fields

12.1 Gravitational Fields

12.2 Gravitational Field Strength

12.3 Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation

12.4 Gravitational Field due to a Point Mass

12.5 Gravitational Potential for a Radial Field

12.6 Comparing Electric & Gravitational Fields

12.7 Orbital Motion

13. Oscillations

Simple Harmonic Motion

13.1 Conditions for Simple Harmonic Motion

13.2 Equations for Simple Harmonic Motion

13.3 Period of Simple Harmonic Oscillators

13.4 Displacement-Time Graph for an Oscillator

13.5 Velocity-Time Graph for an Oscillator

Resonance

13.6 Resonance

13.7 Core Practical 16: Investigating Resonance

13.8 Damped & Undamped Oscillating Systems

13.9 Free & Forced Oscillations

13.10 Resonance Graphs

13.11 Damping & Plastic Deformation