Oxford University Press
AQA Physics: A Level Revision Guide
Jim Breithaupt
AQA Physics: A Level Revision Guide
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The AQA A Level Physics Revision Guide provides comprehensive, specification-matched content, packed with engaging revision and practice material to keep you focused.

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Language
English
ISBN
9781382014588
Front Cover
Title Page
AS/A Level course structure
Contents
How to use this book
Section 1 Particles and radiation
1 Matter and radiation
1.1 Inside the atom
1.2 Stable and unstable nuclei
1.3 Photons
1.4 Particles and antiparticles
1.5 Particle interactions
Practice questions
2 Quarks and leptons
2.1 The particle zoo
2.2 Particle sorting
2.3 Leptons at work
2.4 Quarks and antiquarks
2.5 Conservation rules
Practice questions
3 Quark phenomena
3.1 The photoelectric effect
3.2 More about photoelectricity
3.3 Collisions of electrons with atoms
3.4 Energy levels in atoms
3.5 Energy levels and spectra
3.6 Wave-particle duality
Practice questions
Section 2 Waves and optics
4 Waves
4.1 Waves and vibrations
4.2 Measuring waves
4.3 Wave properties 1
4.4 Wave properties 2
4.5 Stationary and progressive waves
4.6 More about stationary waves on strings
4.7 Using an oscilloscope
Practice questions
5 Optics
5.1 Refraction of light
5.2 More about refraction
5.3 Total internal reflection
5.4 Double slit interference
5.5 More about interference
5.6 Diffraction
5.7 The diffraction grating
Practice questions
Section 3 Mechanics and materials
6 Forces in equilibrium
6.1 Vectors and scalars
6.2 Balanced forces
6.3 The principle of moments
6.4 More on moments
6.5 Stability
6.6 Equilibrium rules
6.7 Statics calculations
Practice questions
7 On the move
7.1 Speed and velocity
7.2 Acceleration
7.3 Motion along a straight line at constant acceleration
7.4 Free fall
7.5 Motion graphs
7.6 More calculations on motion along a straight line
7.7 Projectile motion 1
7.8 Projectile motion 2
Practice questions
8 Newton’s laws of motion
8.1 Force and acceleration
8.2 Using F = ma
8.3 Terminal speed
8.4 On the road
8.5 Vehicle safety
Practice questions
9 Force and momentum
9.1 Momentum and impulse
9.2 Impact forces
9.3 Conservation of momentum
9.4 Elastic and inelastic collisions
9.5 Explosions
Practice questions
10 Work, energy, and power
10.1 Work and energy
10.2 Kinetic energy and potential energy
10.3 Power
10.4 Energy and efficiency
Practice questions
11 Materials
11.1 Density
11.2 Springs
11.3 Deformation of solids
11.4 More about stress and strain
Practice questions
Section 4 Electricity
12 Electric current
12.1 Current and charge
12.2 Potential difference and power
12.3 Resistance
12.4 Components and their characteristics
Practice questions
13 Direct current circuits
13.1 Circuit rules
13.2 More about resistance
13.3 Electromotive force and internal resistance
13.4 More circuit calculations
13.5 The potential divider
Practice questions
Section 6 Further mechanics and thermal physics
17 Motion in a circle
17.1 Uniform circular motion
17.2 Centripetal acceleration
17.3 On the road
17.4 At the fairground
Practice questions
18 Simple harmonic motion
18.1 Oscillations
18.2 The principles of simple harmonic motion
18.3 More about sine waves
18.4 Applications of simple harmonic motion
18.5 Energy and simple harmonic motion
18.6 Forced vibrations and resonance
Practice questions
19 Thermal physics
19.1 Internal energy and temperature
19.2 Specific heat capacity
19.3 Change of state
Practice questions
20 Gases
20.1 The experimental gas laws
20.2 The ideal gas law
20.3 The kinetic theory of gases
Practice questions
Section 7 Fields
Section 7 Fields
21 Gravitational fields
21.1 Gravitational field strength
21.2 Gravitational potential
21.3 Newton’s law of gravitation
21.4 Planetary fields
21.5 Satellite motion
Practice questions
22 Electric fields
22.1 Field patterns
22.2 Electric field strength
22.3 Electric potential
22.4 Coulomb’s law
22.5 Point charges
22.6 Comparing electric fields and gravitational fields
Practice questions
23 Capacitors
23.1 Capacitance
23.2 Energy stored in a charged capacitor
23.3 Charging and discharging a capacitor through a fixed resistor
23.4 Dielectrics
Practice questions
24 Magnetic fields
24.1 Current-carrying conductors in a magnetic field
24.2 Moving charges in a magnetic field
24.3 Charged particles in circular orbits
Practice questions
25 Electromagnetic induction
25.1 Generating electricity
25.2 The laws of electromagnetic induction
25.3 The alternating current generator
25.4 Alternating current and power
25.5 Transformers
Practice questions
Section 8 Nuclear physics
26 Radioactivity
26.1 The discovery of the nucleus
26.2 The properties of α, β, and γ radiation
26.3 More about α, β, and γ radiation
26.4 The dangers of radioactivity
26.5 Radioactive decay
26.6 The theory of radioactive decay
26.7 Radioactive isotopes in use
26.8 More about decay modes
26.9 Nuclear radius
Practice questions
27 Nuclear energy
27.1 Energy and mass
27.2 Binding energy
27.3 Fission and fusion
27.4 The thermal nuclear reactor
Practice questions
Section 9 Option section summaries
Astrophysics
Medical physics
Engineering physics
Turning points in physics
Electronics
Answers to practice questions
Answers to summary questions
For reference
Back Cover
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