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Physics (9702)
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Free Physics (9702) study notes for Cambridge International A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Physical quantities and units
Physical quantities
SI units
Errors and uncertainties
Scalars and vectors
AS Level Physics
Measurement and mechanics
Physical quantities and units
Kinematics
Dynamics
Forces, density and pressure
Work, energy and power
Kinematics
A Level Physics
Materials and waves
Deformation of solids
Waves
Superposition
Dynamics
Momentum and Newton’s laws of motion
Non-uniform motion
Linear momentum and its conservation
Electricity and particle physics
Electricity
D.C. circuits
Particle physics
Forces, density and pressure
Turning effects of forces
Equilibrium of forces
Density and pressure
Work, energy and power
Energy conservation
Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy
Further mechanics and thermal physics
Motion in a circle
Gravitational fields
Temperature
Ideal gases
Thermodynamics
Oscillations
Fields, capacitance and electromagnetism
Electric fields
Capacitance
Magnetic fields
Alternating currents
Deformation of solids
Stress and strain
Elastic and plastic behaviour
Modern physics and applications
Quantum physics
Nuclear physics
Medical physics
Astronomy and cosmology
Waves
Progressive waves
Transverse and longitudinal waves
Doppler effect for sound waves
Electromagnetic spectrum
Polarisation
Superposition
Stationary waves
Diffraction
Interference
The diffraction grating
Electricity
Electric current
Potential difference and power
Resistance and resistivity
D.C. circuits
Practical circuits
Kirchhoff’s laws
Potential dividers
Particle physics
Atoms, nuclei and radiation
Fundamental particles
Motion in a circle
Kinematics of uniform circular motion
Centripetal acceleration
Gravitational fields
Gravitational field
Gravitational force between point masses
Gravitational field of a point mass
Temperature
Thermal equilibrium
Temperature scales
Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat
Ideal gases
The mole
Equation of state
Kinetic theory of gases
Thermodynamics
Internal energy
The first law of thermodynamics
Oscillations
Simple harmonic oscillations
Energy in simple harmonic motion
Damped and forced oscillations, resonance
Electric fields
Electric fields and field lines
Uniform electric fields
Electric force between point charges
Electric field of a point charge
Electric potential
Capacitance
Capacitors and capacitance
Energy stored in a capacitor
Discharging a capacitor
Magnetic fields
Concept of a magnetic field
Force on a current-carrying conductor
Force on a moving charge
Magnetic fields due to currents
Electromagnetic induction
Alternating currents
Characteristics of alternating currents
Rectification and smoothing
Quantum physics
Energy and momentum of a photon
Photoelectric effect
Wave-particle duality
Energy levels in atoms and line spectra
Nuclear physics
Mass defect and nuclear binding energy
Radioactive decay
Medical physics
Production and use of ultrasound
Production and use of X-rays
PET scanning
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