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Cambridge International Physics (9702)

Every library lesson is tagged with its CIE syllabus codes; the sections below collect those tags. The library is shaped around the AQA core, so a few 9702 topics are marked as not covered.

1 · PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND UNITS

• Estimation and orders of magnitude1.1
• SI units and prefixes1.1, 1.2
• Uncertainty and error1.3
• Scalars and vectors1.4

2 · KINEMATICS

• Motion graphs and the SUVAT equations2.1
• Projectile motion2.1

3 · DYNAMICS

• Mass and weight3.1
• Momentum and impulse3.1, 3.3
• Newton's laws and the resultant force3.1
• Drag and terminal speed3.2

4 · FORCES, DENSITY AND PRESSURE

• Moments and equilibrium4.1, 4.2
• Density and Hooke's law4.3, 6.1, 6.2

5 · WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

• Conservation of energy5.1, 5.2
• Work, energy and power5.1

6 · DEFORMATION OF SOLIDS

• Density and Hooke's law4.3, 6.1, 6.2
• Stress, strain and the Young modulus6.1

7 · WAVES

• Progressive waves7.1
• Longitudinal, transverse and polarisation7.2, 7.5

8 · SUPERPOSITION

• Stationary waves8.1
• Diffraction and the single slit8.2
• Interference and Young's double slit8.3
• Diffraction gratings8.4

9 · ELECTRICITY

• Current, charge and the direction problem9.1, 9.2
• Circuits and Kirchhoff's laws9.2, 10.2
• Current-voltage characteristics9.3
• Resistivity and superconductivity9.3

10 · D.C. CIRCUITS

• EMF and internal resistance10.1
• Circuits and Kirchhoff's laws9.2, 10.2
• Potential dividers10.3

11 · PARTICLE PHYSICS

• Antimatter and photons11.1
• Conservation laws11.1, 11.2
• Constituents of the atom11.1
• Mass-energy and binding energy11.1, 23.1
• Radioactive decay and half-life11.1, 23.2
• Rutherford scattering and the nuclear atom11.1
• Stable and unstable nuclei11.1
• Classification of particles11.2
• Quarks and antiquarks11.2

12 · MOTION IN A CIRCLE

• Circular motion12.1, 12.2

13 · GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS

• The field concept13.1
• Newton's law of gravitation13.2, 13.3
• Orbits and satellites13.2
• Gravitational potential13.4

14 · TEMPERATURE

• Thermal energy transfer and specific heat capacity14.1, 14.3, 16.1, 16.2
• Ideal gases and the gas laws14.2, 15.1, 15.2

15 · IDEAL GASES

• Ideal gases and the gas laws14.2, 15.1, 15.2
• Molecular kinetic theory15.3

16 · THERMODYNAMICS

• Thermal energy transfer and specific heat capacity14.1, 14.3, 16.1, 16.2

17 · OSCILLATIONS

• SHM systems: pendulums and springs17.1, 17.2
• Simple harmonic motion17.1
• Forced vibrations and resonance17.3

18 · ELECTRIC FIELDS

• Coulomb's law and electric field strength18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
• Electric potential18.5

19 · CAPACITANCE

• Capacitors and energy stored19.1, 19.2
• Charging and discharging19.3
• The time constant and exponential decay19.3

20 · MAGNETIC FIELDS

• Magnetic flux density and the force on a wire20.1, 20.2
• Force on a moving charge20.3
• Electromagnetic induction: Faraday and Lenz20.5
• Magnetic flux and flux linkage20.5

21 · ALTERNATING CURRENTS

• Alternating currents21.1

22 · QUANTUM PHYSICS

• The photoelectric effect22.1, 22.2
• Wave-particle duality22.3
• Collisions of electrons with atoms22.4
• Energy levels and photon emission22.4

23 · NUCLEAR PHYSICS

• Fission and fusion23.1
• Mass-energy and binding energy11.1, 23.1
• Radioactive decay and half-life11.1, 23.2

24 · MEDICAL PHYSICS

Not covered: this topic sits outside the AQA-core library.

25 · ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY

Not covered: this topic sits outside the AQA-core library.

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