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Electricity
Monitoring & measuring a.c.
Peak and rms values, the oscilloscope, and measuring frequency.
Current, p.d., power & resistance
Charge and current, the series and parallel rules, and power.
Electrical sources & internal resistance
EMF and lost volts, and finding internal resistance from a graph.
Capacitors
Capacitance, the energy stored, and charging and discharging.
Conductors, semiconductors & p–n junctions
Band theory, doping, and the p–n junction as a diode.
Our Dynamic Universe
Motion — equations & graphs
The equations of motion, velocity–time graphs, and projectiles. Coming soon.
Forces, energy & power
Free body diagrams, components on a slope, and work done. Coming soon.
Collisions, explosions & impulse
Conservation of momentum, elastic and inelastic, and impulse. Coming soon.
Gravitation
Newton's inverse square law, gravitational fields and potential. Coming soon.
Special relativity
Time dilation, length contraction, and the constant speed of light. Coming soon.
The expanding universe
The Doppler effect, redshift, Hubble's law and dark energy. Coming soon.
Particles & Waves
Forces on charged particles
Fields, accelerating a charge, and paths in a magnetic field. Coming soon.
The Standard Model
Fermions and bosons, quarks and leptons, and the four forces. Coming soon.
Nuclear reactions
Fission and fusion, mass defect, and the energy released. Coming soon.
Wave–particle duality
The photoelectric effect, work function and photon energy. Coming soon.
Interference & diffraction
Path difference, coherent sources, and the grating equation. Coming soon.
Refraction of light
Refractive index, the critical angle and total internal reflection. Coming soon.
Spectra
Emission and absorption spectra, energy levels, and irradiance. Coming soon.