A-level Physics (Advancing Physics)
Welcome to the Wikibooks textbook on Physics, designed to contain everything you need to know for the OCR Physics B (Advancing Physics) specification [1]. All sorts of useful documents for this specification are available at http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-a-level-gce-physics-b-advancing-physics-h159-h559/ .
All units are assumed to be SI units, unless stated otherwise. Diagrams can be enlarged by clicking on them.
Chapters are probably marked as 75% complete (
) because they are complete, but may require some attention. Please look at these and check them!Contents
editAS notes
editPhysics in Action
editOptics
editCommunication
editElectricity
edit- Charge
- Current
- Voltage
- Power
- Resistance and Conductance
- Internal Resistance
- Potential Dividers
- Sensors
- Resistivity and Conductivity
- Semiconductors
Material Structure
editUnderstanding Processes
editWaves
edit- What is a wave?
- Phasors
- Standing Waves
- Young's Slits
- Diffraction
- Finding the Distance of a Remote Object
Quantum Physics
editMechanics
edit- Vectors
- Graphs
- Kinematics
- Forces and Power (and Energy and Work Done)
- Fluid dynamics
Physics in Practice
editQuality of Measurement
editPhysics in Use (presentation)
editA2 Exams
editRise and Fall of the Clockwork Universe
editDecay
editGravity
editMechanics
edit- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
- Damping
- Resonance
- Conservation of Momentum
- Forces and Impulse in Collisions
- Rockets, Hoses and Machine Guns
- Circular Motion
Astrophysics
editTemperature
editField and Particle Physics
editMagnetic Fields
editElectric Fields
editParticle Physics
edit- The Standard Model
- Quarks
- Bosons
- Leptons
- Millikan's Experiment
- Pair Production and Annihilation
- Particle Accelerators
- Cloud Chambers and Mass Spectrometers