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Physics 7408
13 sections available · 70 chapters available
Free Physics 7408 study notes for AQA A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Measurements, errors and practical skills
Use of SI units and their prefixes
Limitation of physical measurements
Estimation of physical quantities
Required practicals and data analysis
Particles and radiation
Constituents of the atom
Stable and unstable nuclei
Particles, antiparticles and photons
Particle interactions
Classification of particles and quarks
Electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena
Waves
Progressive and stationary waves
Interference
Diffraction
Refraction at a plane surface
Mechanics and materials
Scalars, vectors and moments
Motion along a straight line and projectiles
Newton's laws and momentum
Work, energy and power
Bulk properties of solids
The Young modulus
Electricity
Basics of electricity
Current-voltage characteristics
Resistivity and superconductivity
Circuits
Potential divider
Electromotive force and internal resistance
Further mechanics and thermal physics
Circular motion
Simple harmonic motion
Simple harmonic systems, forced vibrations and resonance
Thermal energy transfer
Ideal gases
Molecular kinetic theory model
Fields and their consequences
Fields
Gravitational fields
Electric fields
Capacitance
Magnetic fields and electromagnetic induction
Alternating currents and transformers
Nuclear physics
Rutherford scattering and nuclear radius
Alpha, beta and gamma radiation
Radioactive decay and nuclear instability
Mass and energy
Induced fission and safety aspects
Option 9: Astrophysics
Telescopes
Large diameter telescopes and detectors
Classification of stars
Supernovae, neutron stars and black holes
Cosmology
Option 10: Medical physics
Physics of the eye
Physics of the ear
Biological measurement
Non-ionising imaging
X-ray imaging
Radionuclide imaging and therapy
Option 11: Engineering physics
Moment of inertia and rotational kinetic energy
Rotational motion, torque and angular momentum
First law of thermodynamics and non-flow processes
p-V diagrams and engine cycles
Second law, engines and reversed heat engines
Option 12: Turning points in physics
The discovery of the electron
Millikan's determination of the electronic charge
Wave-particle duality
Electromagnetic waves and electron microscopes
Special relativity
Option 13: Electronics
Discrete semiconductor devices
Analogue and digital signals
Analogue signal processing
Operational amplifier
Digital signal processing
Data communication systems
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