Physics (9630)

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Free Physics (9630) study notes for Oxford AQA International AS Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.

Measurements and their errors

Mechanics and materials

Particles, radiation and radioactivity

Electricity

  • Basics of electricity

  • Current–voltage characteristics

  • Resistivity

  • Circuits

  • Potential divider

  • Electromotive force and internal resistance

Oscillations and waves

  • Oscillating systems

  • Forced vibrations and resonance

  • Progressive waves

  • Longitudinal and transverse waves

  • Principle of superposition of waves and formation of stationary waves

  • Interference

  • Diffraction

  • Refraction at a plane surface

  • Collisions of electrons with atoms

  • Photoelectric effect

  • Wave particle duality

Circular and periodic motion

Gravitational fields and satellites

  • Newton’s gravitational law

  • Gravitational field strength

  • Gravitational potential

  • Orbits of planets and satellites

Electric fields and capacitance

Exponential change

  • Capacitor charge and discharge

  • Exponential changes in radioactivity

Magnetic fields

  • Magnetic flux density

  • Moving charges in a magnetic field

  • Magnetic flux and flux linkage

  • Electromagnetic induction

  • Alternating currents

  • The operation of a transformer

Thermal physics

  • Energy transfer by heating and doing work

  • Energy transfer by conduction

  • Ideal gases

  • Kinetic theory of gases

Nuclear energy

Energy sources

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