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The document outlines the A-Level Physics curriculum, detailing various units and topics including measurements, particles, waves, mechanics, electricity, fields, thermal physics, nuclear physics, and significant turning points in physics. Each unit is broken down into specific subtopics that cover fundamental concepts and principles in physics. This comprehensive list serves as a guide for students studying A-Level Physics.

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Open Topic List A Level

The document outlines the A-Level Physics curriculum, detailing various units and topics including measurements, particles, waves, mechanics, electricity, fields, thermal physics, nuclear physics, and significant turning points in physics. Each unit is broken down into specific subtopics that cover fundamental concepts and principles in physics. This comprehensive list serves as a guide for students studying A-Level Physics.

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A-Level Physics – Topic list

Unit 1 – Measurements and their errors Unit 2 – Particles and radiation


1.1 Use of SI units and their prefixes 2.1 Particles
1.2 Limitation of physical measurements 2.1.1 Constituents of the atom
1.3 Estimation of physical quantities 2.1.2 Stable and unstable nuclei
2.1.3 Particles, antiparticles and photons
2.1.4 Particle interactions
2.1.5 Classification of particles
2.1.6 Quarks and antiquarks
2.1.7 Application of conservation laws

2.2 Electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena


2.2.1 The photoelectric effect
2.2.2 Collisions of electrons with atoms
2.2.3 Energy levels and photon emission
2.2.4 Wave-particle duality
Unit 3 – Waves
3.1 Progressive and stationary waves
3.1.1 Progressive waves
3.1.2 Longitudinal and transverse waves
3.1.3 Principle of superposition of waves and formation of
stationary waves

3.2 Refraction, diffraction and interference


3.2.1 Interference
3.2.2 Diffraction
3.2.3 Refraction at a plane surface
Unit 4 – Mechanics and materials Unit 5 – Electricity
4.1 Force, energy and momentum 5.1 Current electricity
4.1.1 Scalars and vectors 5.1.1 Basics of electricity
4.1.2 Moments 5.1.2 Current-voltage characteristics
4.1.3 Motion along a straight line 5.1.3 Resistivity
4.1.4 Projectile motion 5.1.4 Circuits
4.1.5 Newtons laws of motion 5.1.5 Potential dividers
4.1.6 Momentum 5.1.6 Electromotive force and internal resistance
4.1.7 Work, energy and power
4.1.8 Conservation of energy

4.2 Materials
4.2.1 Bulk properties of solids
4.2.2 The Young modulus
Unit 7 – Fields and their consequences
7.1 Fields

7.2 Gravitational fields


7.2.1 Newton’s law
7.2.2 Gravitational field strength
7.2.3 Gravitational potential
7.2.4 Orbits of planets and satellites

7.3 Electric fields


7.3.1 Coulomb’s law
7.3.2 Electric field strength
7.3.3 Electric potential

7.4 Capacitance
7.4.1 Capacitance
7.4.2 Parallel plate capacitor
7.4.3 Energy stored by a capacitor
7.4.4 Capacitor change and discharge

7.5 Magnetic fields


7.5.1 Magnetic flux density
7.5.2 Moving charges in a magnetic field
7.5.3 Magnetic flux and flux linkage
7.5.4 Electromagnetic induction
7.5.5 Alternating currents
7.5.6 The operation of a transformer
Unit 6 – Further mechanics and thermal physics
6.1 Periodic motion
6.1.1 Circular motion
6.1.2 Simple harmonic motion (SHM)
6.1.3 Simple harmonic systems
6.1.4 Forced vibrations and resonance
6.2 Thermal physics
6.2.1 Thermal energy transfer
6.2.2 Ideal gases
6.2.3 Molecular kinetic energy model
Unit 8 – Nuclear physics
8.1 Radioactivity
8.1.1 Rutherford scattering
8.1.2 Alpha, beta and gamma radiation
8.1.3 Radioactive decay
8.1.4 Nuclear instability
8.1.5 Nuclear radius
8.1.6 Mass and energy
8.1.7 Induces fission
8.1.8 Safety aspects
Unit 12 – Turning points in physics
12.1 The discovery of the electron 12.2 Wave-particle duality 12.3 Special relativity
12.1.1 Cathode rays 12.2.1 Newton’s corpuscular theory of light 12.3.1 The Michelson-Morley experiment
12.1.2 Thermionic emission of electrons 12.2.2 Significance of Young’s double slit 12.3.2 Einstein’s theory of special
12.1.3 Specific charge of an electron experiment relativity
12.1.4 Principle of Millikan’s determination of 12.2.3 Electromagnetic waves 12.3.3 Time dilation
the electronic charge, e 12.2.4 The discovery of photoelectricity 12.3.4 Length contraction
12.2.5 Wave-particle duality 12.3.5 Mass and energy
12.2.6 Electron microscopes

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