On this A level course you will study the following course content amongst other areas: Working as a Physicist (advanced level practical techniques) Mechanics (including Newton's laws of motion SUVAT and resolving) Electric circuits (including Series and parallel circuits, potential dividers, EMF, resistivity) Materials (including density, upthrust, viscosity, laminar and non-laminar flow Stokes law, Hookes law and young's modulus) Waves and particle nature of light including the wave equation total internal reflection critical angle refractive index De Broglie equation quantised nature of light Energy of a photon threshold frequency Einstein's photo electric equation Further Mechanics including conservation of linear momentum angular velocity circular motion centripetal force angular velocity Electric and Magnetic fields including Electric field strength Force on a charges particle Uniform and radial electric fields Capacitors energy stored in a capacitor Exponential decay/charging of capacitors Magnetic flux density, Lenzs Law and Faradays Law Catapult force Rate of change of flux linkage. Nuclear and particle physics including nucleon number and proton number Alpha Beta and gamma ration, E=mc2, Electron Volts, Thermionic emission, Standard Model of particles Baryonic and Non Baryonic Matter Quark interaction Particle Accelerators. Thermodynamics including Specific Heat capacity, Internal energy, Gas Laws, Absolute Zero, Kinetic Energy of Gas Molecules, Black Body Radiator, Weins Law, Stephan Boltzmans Equation. Space including Intensity, Parallax and astronomical Distances, The Hertzsprung Russel diagram Life cycle of Stars, Supernovae, CMBR the age of the universe the big bang and the fate of the universe, Nuclear Radiation including binding energy activity Decay constant half-lives background radiation Nuclear fission and Nuclear Fusion. Gravitational fields including Newton's Law of universal gravitation, orbital motion gravitational field stren
Name: Physics A level Qualification title: GCE A Level in Physics Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment Awarding Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL) Created 20160407 16:48:10 Updated 20160407 16:48:10
None
SUSSEX DOWNS COLLEGE
Further Education
info@sussexdowns.ac.uk
n/a
http://www.sussexdowns.ac.uk/
Ecat House, Cross Levels Way Town: Eastbourne
Title: Qualification: Classification: