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OCR A: A Level Physics Revision and Worked Examples

Below are links to all the OCR A: A-level Physics revision notes and worked examples:

1. Development of practical skills in physics

Experiments have been included within the revision notes.

2. Foundations of physics

2.1 Physical quantities and units

2.2 Measurements and uncertainties

2.3 Scalars and vectors

3. Forces and motion

3.1 Kinematics

3.2 Linear and projectile motion

3.3 Dynamics

3.4 Motion with non-uniform acceleration

3.5 Equilibrium

3.6 Density and Pressure

Other useful material

4. Work, energy and power

4.1 Work and conservation of energy

4.2 Kinetic and Potential energies

4.3 Power and efficiency

5. Materials

5.1 Springs

6. Newton's law of motion and momentum

6.1 Newton's law of motion

6.2 Collisions

7. Charge and Current

7.1 Charge and Current

8. Energy, Power and Resistance

8.1 Circuit symbol, EMF, P.D.

8.2 Resistance and resistivity 

8.3 Power

9. Electrical circuits

9.1 Series and parallel circuit 

9.2 Internal resistance

9.3 Potential dividers 

10. Waves

10.1 Wave motion

10.2 Electromagnetic waves

10.3 Superposition

10.4 Stationary waves

11. Quantum physics 

11.1 Photons

11.2 The Photoelectric effect

11.3 Wave particle duality 

12. Thermal Physics 

12.1 Temperature

12.2 Solid, liquid and gas

12.3 Thermal properties of materials

12.4 Ideal gases

13. Circular motion

13.1 Kinematics of circular motion

13.2 Centripetal force

14.  Oscillations

14.1 Simple harmonic motion

14.2 Damping

15.  Gravitational Fields

15.1 Gravitation and planetary motion

16.  Astrophysics and cosmology

16.1 Stars

16.2 Electromagnetic radiation from stars

16.3 Cosmology

17.  Capacitors

17.1 Capacitors 

17.1.0 Capacitor Discharge Curves (Excel)

18. Electric Fields

18.1 Electric Fields

19.  Electromagnetism

19.1 Magnetic fields

19.2 Motion of Charged particles

19.3 Electromagnetism

20. Nuclear and particle physics 

20.1 The nuclear atom

20.2 Fundamental particles

20.3 Radioactivity

20.3.0 Radioactivity - Modelling Radioactive Decay

20.4 Nuclear fission and fusion

21. Medical imaging

21.1 Using X-rays 

21.2 Diagnostic methods in medicine

21.3 Using ultrasound 

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