Physics 7407

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Free Physics 7407 revision notes for AQA AS Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.

Measurements and their errors

  • Use of SI units and their prefixes

  • Limitation of physical measurements

  • Estimation of physical quantities

Particles and radiation

    Particles

    • Constituents of the atom

    • Stable and unstable nuclei

    • Particles, antiparticles and photons

    • Particle interactions

    • Classification of particles

    • Quarks and antiquarks

    • Applications of conservation laws

    Mechanics and materials

      Electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena

      • The photoelectric effect

      • Collisions of electrons with atoms

      • Energy levels and photon emission

      • Wave-particle duality

      Waves

      • Progressive waves

      • Longitudinal and transverse waves

      • Superposition and stationary waves

      • Interference

      • Diffraction

      • Refraction at a plane surface

      Force, energy and momentum

      Practical skills

        Materials

        • Bulk properties of solids

        • The Young modulus

        Electricity

        • Basics of electricity

        • Current-voltage characteristics

        • Resistivity

        • Circuits

        • Potential divider

        • Electromotive force and internal resistance

        Practical skills and data analysis

        • Required practical activities 1-6

        • Apparatus, techniques and measurement uncertainty

        • Data analysis and graph work

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