Edexcel International A Level (IAL) Physics (YPH11) Study Notes - New Syllabus
Edexcel International A Level (IAL) Physics (YPH11) Study Notes
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Edexcel International A Level (IAL) Physics (YPH11) Study Notes
Forces & Momentum
- 1.9 Force & Acceleration
- 1.10 Mass, Weight & Gravitational Field Strength
- 1.11 Core Practical 1: Investigating the Acceleration of Freefall
- 1.12 Newton’s Third Law of Motion
- 1.13 -1.14 Momentum and Conservation of Linear Momentum
Moments
Work, Energy & Power
- 1.17 Work
- 1.18 – 1.19 Kinetic Energy & Gravitational Potential Energy
- 1.20 The Principle of Conservation of Energy
- 1.21 -1.22 Power & Efficiency
Density, Upthrust & Viscous Drag
Stretching Materials
- 2.1 – 2.2 Properties of Waves and Wave Equation
- 2.3 – 2.4 Longitudinal & Transverse Waves
- 2.5 Representing Waves on Graphs
- 2.6 Core Practical 4: Investigating the Speed of Sound
Interference & Stationary Waves
- 2.7 Interference & Superposition of Waves
- 2.8 Phase & Path Difference
- 2.9 Stationary Waves
- 2.10 Wave Speed on a Stretched Spring
- 2.11 Core Practical 5: Investigating Stationary Waves
Refraction, Reflection & Polarisation
- 2.12 Equation for the Intensity of Radiation
- 2.13 Refraction & Refractive Index
- 2.14 Critical Angle
- 2.15 Total Internal Reflection
- 2.16 Measuring Refractive Index
- 2.17 Plane Polarisation
Waves, Electrons & Photons
- 2.18 – 2.19 Diffraction and Diffraction Grating Equation
- 2.20 Core Practical 6: Investigating Diffraction Gratings
- 2.21 The Wave Nature of Electrons
- 2.22 The de Broglie Equation
- 2.23 Transmission & Reflection of Waves
- 2.24 Pulse–Echo Technique
- 2.25 – 2.26 Wave–Particle Duality and Energy of a Photon
The Photoelectric Effect & Atomic Spectra
- 2.27 – 2.28 The Photoelectric Effect and Photoelectric Equation
- 2.29 The Electronvolt
- 2.30 The Particle Nature of EM Radiation
- 2.31 Atomic Line Spectra
Current, Potential Difference, Resistance & Power
- 2.32 Electric Current
- 2.33 Potential Difference
- 2.34 Ohm’s Law
- 2.35 – 2.36 Charge and Energy Conservation in Circuits
- 2.37 Resistance in Series & Parallel
- 2.38 Electrical Power
- 2.39 Current–Potential Difference Graphs
Resistance, Resistivity & Potential Dividers
- 2.40 Electrical Resistivity
- 2.41 Core Practical 7: Investigating Resistivity
- 2.42 Calculating Current & Drift Velocity
- 2.43 Potential Difference & Conductor Length
- 2.44 – 2.45 Potential Dividers & Variable Resistance
E.M.F & Modelling Resistance
- 4.1 Impulse
- 4.2 Core Practical 9: Investigating Impulse
- 4.3 Applying Conservation of Linear Momentum
- 4.4 Core Practical 10: Investigating Collisions using ICT
- 4.5 Elastic & Inelastic Collisions
- 4.6 Energy–Momentum Relation
Circular Motion
- 4.7 Radians & Angular Displacement
- 4.8 Angular Velocity
- 4.9 Centripetal Acceleration
- 4.10 Maintaining Circular Motion
- 4.11 Centripetal Force
Electric Fields
- 4.12 Defining an Electric Field
- 4.13 Electric Field Strength
- 4.14 Electric Force between Two Charges
- 4.15 Electric Field due to a Point Charge
- 4.16 Electric Field & Potential
- 4.17 Electric Field between Parallel Plates
- 4.18 Electric Potential for a Radial Field
- 4.19 Representing Radial & Uniform Electric Fields
Capacitance
- 4.20 Capacitance
- 4.21 Energy Stored by a Capacitor
- 4.22 Charge & Discharge Curves
- 4.23 Core Practical 11: Investigating Capacitor Charge & Discharge
- 4.24 Exponential Discharge in a Capacitor
Magnetic Fields
- 4.25 Magnetic Flux Density, Flux & Flux Linkage
- 4.26 Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle
- 4.27 Magnetic Force on a Current–Carrying Conductor
- 4.28 Induced E.M.F in a Moving Coil
- 4.29 Induced E.M.F between Linked Coils
- 4.30 Faraday & Lenz’s Law
Exploring the Structure of Matter
- 4.31 Nucleon & Proton Number
- 4.32 The Nuclear Model of the Atom
- 4.33 Thermionic Emission
- 4.34 Particle Accelerators & Detectors
- 4.35 Radius of a Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field
- 4.36 Interpreting Particle Tracks
- 4.37 High Energy Particle Collisions
- 4.38 Annihilation of Matter & Antimatter
- 4.39 Unit Conversions for Energy & Mass
- 4.40 Relativistic Situations
Particle Interactions & Conservation
- 4.41 The Standard Model
- 4.42 Antimatter
- 4.43 Conservation Laws in Particle Physics
- 4.44 Particle Interaction Equations
- 5.1 Specific Heat Capacity & Latent Heat
- 5.2 Core Practical 12: Calibrating a Thermistor
- 5.3 Core Practical 13: Investigating Specific Latent Heat
Kinetic Theory & Ideal Gases
- 5.4 Internal Energy
- 5.5 Temperature & Absolute Zero
- 5.6 Ideal Gas Equation
- 5.7 Core Practical 14: Investigating Gas Pressure & Volume
- 5.8 Average Molecular Kinetic Energy
Nuclear Fusion & Fission
- 5.9 Nuclear Binding Energy & Mass Deficit
- 5.10 Atomic Mass Unit
- 5.11 Binding Energy per Nucleon Graph
- 5.12 Nuclear Fusion
Radioactivity Decay
- 5.13 Background Radiation
- 5.14 Alpha, Beta & Gamma Radiation
- 5.15 Nuclear Decay Equations
- 5.16 Core Practical 15: Investigating Gamma Radiation Absorption
- 5.17 The Random Nature of Nuclear Decay
- 5.18 Equations for Nuclear Physics
Simple Harmonic Motion
- 5.19 Conditions for Simple Harmonic Motion
- 5.20 Equations for Simple Harmonic Motion
- 5.21 Period of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
- 5.22 Displacement–Time Graph for an Oscillator
- 5.23 Velocity–Time Graph for an Oscillator
Resonance
- 5.24 Resonance
- 5.25 Core Practical 16: Investigating Resonance
- 5.26 Damped & Undamped Oscillating Systems
- 5.27 Free & Forced Oscillations
- 5.28 Resonance Graphs
- 5.29 Damping & Plastic Deformation
Gravitational Fields
- 5.30 Gravitational Fields
- 5.31 Gravitational Field Strength
- 5.32 Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
- 5.33 Gravitational Field due to a Point Mass
- 5.34 Gravitational Potential for a Radial Field
- 5.35 Comparing Electric & Gravitational Fields
- 5.36 Orbital Motion
Black Body Radiation
- 5.37 Black Body Radiation
- 5.38 Stefan–Boltzmann Law
- 5.39 Wien’s Law
Astronomy
- 5.40 Inverse Square Law of Flux
- 5.41 Parallax
- 5.42 Standard Candles
- 5.43 The Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
- 5.44 The Life Cycle of Stars
Cosmology
- 5.45 Doppler Shift
- 5.46 Equations for Cosmology
- 5.47 Cosmology