Edexcel A-level Physics Student Guide: Practical Physics
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Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
9781471885723
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
About this book
Content Guidance
Maths and units
Practical skills
Core practicals
1 Determining the acceleration of a free-falling object
2 Determining the electrical resistivity of a material
3 Determining the e.m.f. and internal resistance of an electrical cell
4 Using a falling-ball method to determine the viscosity of a liquid
5 Determining the Young modulus of a material
6 Determining the speed of sound in air using an oscilloscope
7 Investigating the frequency of a vibrating string or wire
8 Determining the wavelength of light using a diffraction grating
9 Investigating the force exerted on an object and its change of momentum
10 Using ICT to analyse collisions between small spheres
11 Analysing the potential difference across a capacitor as it charges/discharges
12 Calibrating a thermistor in a potential divider circuit as a thermostat
13 Determining the specific latent heat of a phase change
14 Investigating the pressure and volume of a gas at fixed temperature
15 Investigating the absorption of gamma radiation by lead
16 Determining the value of an unknown mass using frequency of oscillation
The Edexcel examinations
Practice questions
Knowledge check answers
Index
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