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Edexcel A-level Physics — 9PH0 | KnowledgeSet

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Edexcel A-level Physics — 9PH0

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Edexcel A-level Physics — 9PH0

Study **9PH0 A-level Physics** using the concept-led structure, from mechanics and circuits to fields, particles and space, alongside practical and mathematical skills.

1Base and derived quantities and SI units

2Practical skills and experimental techniques

3Estimating physical quantities

4Limitations of physical measurement

5Communicating scientific information

6Applications, benefits and risks of science

7Scientific validation and integrity

8Science in societal decision making

9Equations of uniformly accelerated motion

10Displacement-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time graphs

11Slopes and areas of motion graphs

12Scalars and vectors

31Electric current as rate of charge flow

32Potential difference and energy transferred per charge

33Resistance and Ohm's law

34Charge conservation and circuit currents

50Upthrust and displaced fluid

51Stokes' law, viscous drag and viscosity

52Core Practical 4: Viscosity using a falling-ball method

59Amplitude, frequency, period, speed and wavelength

60The wave equation

61Longitudinal waves

62Transverse waves

97Impulse and change in momentum

98Core Practical 9: Force and change of momentum

99Conservation of momentum in two dimensions

100Core Practical 10: Analysing collisions using ICT

108The meaning of an electric field

109Electric field strength as force per charge

110Coulomb's law

111Electric field strength due to a point charge

130Nucleon number and proton number

131Alpha scattering and the nuclear model

132Thermionic emission and electron acceleration

133Particle accelerators and detectors

144Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat

145Core Practical 12: Calibrating a thermistor as a thermostat

146Core Practical 13: Specific latent heat of a phase change

156Intensity, luminosity and distance

157Astronomical distances using trigonometric parallax

158Astronomical distances using standard candles

159The Hertzsprung–Russell diagram

164Nuclear binding energy and mass deficit

165The atomic mass unit

166Fission, fusion and binding energy per nucleon

167Conditions for nuclear fusion

174The meaning of a gravitational field

175Gravitational field strength as force per mass

176Newton's law of universal gravitation

177Gravitational field strength due to a point mass

181Conditions for simple harmonic motion

182Simple harmonic motion equations

183Periods of mass-spring systems and simple pendulums

184Displacement-time graphs of oscillations

13Resolving vectors into perpendicular components

14Resultants of coplanar vectors

15Independent components of projectile motion

16Free-body force diagrams

17Newton's first and second laws and terminal velocity

18Gravitational field strength and weight

19Core Practical 1: Acceleration of a freely falling object

20Newton's third law and interaction pairs

21Linear momentum

22Conservation of linear momentum in one dimension

23Moments of forces

24Centre of gravity and equilibrium

25Work done by a force

26Kinetic energy

27Gravitational potential energy near Earth's surface

28Conservation of mechanical energy

29Power, energy and work

30Energy and power efficiency

35Energy conservation and circuit potential differences

36Resistors in series and parallel

37Electrical power and energy equations

38Current-potential difference characteristics

39Resistivity, length and cross-sectional area

40Core Practical 2: Electrical resistivity of a material

41Charge-carrier drift and material resistivity

42Potential variation along a uniform wire

43Potential divider principles and calculations

44Potential dividers with thermistors and LDRs

45Electromotive force, terminal potential difference and internal resistance

46Core Practical 3: Electromotive force and internal resistance of a cell

47Temperature dependence of resistance

48Illumination and resistance in LDRs

53Hooke's law and stiffness

54Stress, strain and the Young modulus

55Force-extension graphs and elastic and plastic behaviour

56Stress-strain graphs and breaking stress

57Core Practical 5: Young modulus of a material

58Elastic strain energy and force-extension graphs

63Graphs of travelling and stationary waves

64Core Practical 6: Speed of sound using an oscilloscope

65Wavefronts, coherence, superposition and interference

66Phase difference and path difference

67Stationary waves, nodes and antinodes

68Speed of transverse waves on a string

69Core Practical 7: Factors affecting vibrating-string frequency

70Intensity, power and area

71Refraction and refractive index

72Calculating the critical angle

73Predicting total internal reflection

74Measuring the refractive index of a solid

75Focal length of converging and diverging lenses

76Lens ray diagrams and image positions

78Combined power of thin lenses

79Real and virtual images

80The thin-lens equation and sign convention

81Magnification

82Plane polarisation

83Diffraction and Huygens' construction

84The diffraction grating equation

85Core Practical 8: Wavelength of light using a diffraction grating

86Electron diffraction and wave behaviour

87The de Broglie equation

88Transmission and reflection at boundaries

89Pulse-echo techniques and resolution limits

90Wave and photon models of electromagnetic radiation

91Photon energy and frequency

92Photon absorption and photoelectron emission

93Work function, threshold frequency and the photoelectric equation

94The electronvolt

95Photoelectric evidence for the particle nature of light

96Atomic line spectra and discrete energy transitions

101Elastic and inelastic collisions

102Kinetic energy in terms of momentum

103Radians and angular displacement

104Angular velocity, speed and period

105Deriving and using centripetal acceleration

106The need for centripetal force

107Centripetal force calculations

112Electric field and electric potential

113Uniform electric fields between parallel plates

114Electric potential in a radial field

115Electric field lines and equipotentials

117Energy stored by capacitors

118Capacitor charge and discharge curves and time constants

119Core Practical 11: Capacitor charging and discharging

120Exponential capacitor discharge equations

121Magnetic flux density, flux and flux linkage

122Magnetic force on moving charges

123Magnetic force on current-carrying conductors

124Electromagnetic induction from relative motion

125Electromagnetic induction from changing coil currents

126Lenz's law and energy conservation

127Faraday's law and induced electromotive force

128Alternating current: frequency, period, peak and rms values

129Converting between peak and rms values

134Charged-particle trajectories in magnetic fields

135Conservation laws and interpreting particle tracks

136High-energy probes of nucleon structure

137Mass-energy conversion in particle creation and annihilation

138Particle energy and mass units

139Relativistic increases in particle lifetime

140The quark-lepton model and particle classification

141Particles and antiparticles

142Charge, baryon-number and lepton-number conservation

143Writing and interpreting particle equations

Internal energy

148Absolute zero and molecular kinetic energy

149Deriving the kinetic theory pressure equation

150The ideal gas equation

151Core Practical 14: Pressure-volume relationship at constant temperature

152Mean molecular kinetic energy and absolute temperature

153Black-body radiation curves

154The Stefan–Boltzmann law

155Wien's displacement law

160Stellar life cycles and the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram

161The Doppler effect

162Redshift and Hubble's law

163The age and fate of the universe and dark matter

168Background radiation corrections

169Properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation

170Writing and interpreting nuclear equations

171Core Practical 15: Absorption of gamma radiation by lead

172Spontaneous and random nuclear decay

173Half-life, activity and exponential decay equations

178Gravitational potential in a radial field

179Comparing electric and gravitational fields

180Orbital motion and universal gravitation

185Velocity-time graphs of oscillations

186The meaning of resonance

187Core Practical 16: Unknown mass from resonant frequencies

188Energy conservation in damped and undamped oscillations

189Free and forced oscillations

190Forced oscillation amplitude, resonance and damping

191Reducing oscillation amplitude through damping and plastic deformation