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OCR A-level Physics A (H556)

Every library lesson is tagged with its OCR A syllabus codes; the sections below collect those tags. Module 1 (development of practical skills) runs through every paper rather than carrying its own content, so modules 2 to 6 are listed.

2 · FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS

• Estimation and orders of magnitude2.1.1
• SI units and prefixes2.1.1, 2.1.2
• Uncertainty and error2.2.1
• Scalars and vectors2.3.1

3 · FORCES AND MOTION

• Motion graphs and the SUVAT equations3.1.1, 3.1.2
• Projectile motion3.1.3
• Mass and weight3.2.1
• Newton's laws and the resultant force3.2.1, 3.5.1
• Drag and terminal speed3.2.2
• Moments and equilibrium3.2.3
• Density and Hooke's law3.2.4, 3.4.1, 3.4.2
• Conservation of energy3.3.1, 3.3.2
• Work, energy and power3.3.1, 3.3.3
• Stress, strain and the Young modulus3.4.2
• Momentum and impulse3.5.1, 3.5.2

4 · ELECTRONS, WAVES AND PHOTONS

• Circuits and Kirchhoff's laws4.1.1, 4.2.5, 4.3.1
• Current, charge and the direction problem4.1.1, 4.2.2
• EMF and internal resistance4.2.2, 4.3.2
• Current-voltage characteristics4.2.3
• Resistivity and superconductivity4.2.4
• Potential dividers4.3.3
• Diffraction and the single slit4.4.1
• Longitudinal, transverse and polarisation4.4.1, 4.4.2
• Progressive waves4.4.1
• Refraction and total internal reflection4.4.2
• Diffraction gratings4.4.3
• Interference and Young's double slit4.4.3
• Stationary waves4.4.4
• The photoelectric effect4.5.1, 4.5.2
• Wave-particle duality4.5.3

5 · NEWTONIAN WORLD AND ASTROPHYSICS

• Thermal energy transfer and specific heat capacity5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3
• Ideal gases and the gas laws5.1.4
• Molecular kinetic theory5.1.4
• Circular motion5.2.1, 5.2.2
• SHM systems: pendulums and springs5.3.1, 5.3.2
• Simple harmonic motion5.3.1
• Forced vibrations and resonance5.3.3
• The field concept5.4.1
• Newton's law of gravitation5.4.2
• Orbits and satellites5.4.3
• Gravitational potential5.4.4
• Collisions of electrons with atoms5.5.2
• Energy levels and photon emission5.5.2

6 · PARTICLES AND MEDICAL PHYSICS

• Capacitors and energy stored6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.3
• Charging and discharging6.1.3
• The time constant and exponential decay6.1.3
• Coulomb's law and electric field strength6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3
• Comparing electric and gravitational fields6.2.2
• Electric potential6.2.4
• Magnetic flux density and the force on a wire6.3.1
• Force on a moving charge6.3.2
• Alternating currents6.3.3
• Electromagnetic induction: Faraday and Lenz6.3.3
• Magnetic flux and flux linkage6.3.3
• Transformers6.3.3
• Constituents of the atom6.4.1
• Nuclear radius and density6.4.1
• Rutherford scattering and the nuclear atom6.4.1, 6.4.3
• Stable and unstable nuclei6.4.1, 6.4.3
• Antimatter and photons6.4.2, 6.4.4
• Classification of particles6.4.2
• Conservation laws6.4.2
• Particle interactions and exchange particles6.4.2
• Quarks and antiquarks6.4.2
• Radioactive decay and half-life6.4.3
• Fission and fusion6.4.4
• Mass-energy and binding energy6.4.4
• Nuclear reactors and safety6.4.4

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