A-level Physics (Advancing Physics)

__NOTOC__ Welcome to the Wikibooks textbook on Physics, designed to contain everything you need to know for the OCR Physics B (Advancing Physics) specification . 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 (75%) because they are complete, but may require some attention. Please look at these and check them! Contents AS notes Physics in Action Optics /Lenses/ 100% Dec 14, 2007 /Refraction/ 100% Dec 15, 2007 Communication /Digital Storage/ 100% Dec 20, 2007 /Digital Processing/ 100% Jan 12, 2008 /Digitisation/ 100% Dec 21, 2007 /Signal Frequencies/ 100% Dec 28, 2007 /Bandwidth/ 100% June 11, 2009 Electricity /Charge/ 100% Dec 31, 2007 /Current/ 100% Dec 29, 2007 /Voltage/ 100% Jan 2, 2008 /Power/ 100% Dec 29, 2007 /Resistance and Conductance/ 100% Jan 3, 2008 /Internal Resistance/ 100% Jan 5, 2008 /Potential Dividers/ 100% Jan 8, 2008 /Sensors/ 100% Dec 28, 2007 /Resistivity and Conductivity/ 100% Dec 22, 2007 /Semiconductors/ 100% Dec 28, 2007 Material Structure /Stress, Strain & Young's Modulus/ 100% Jan 5, 2008 /Metals/ 75% Jan 5, 2008 /Polymers/ 100% Jan 7, 2008 Understanding Processes Waves /What is a wave?/ 100% Apr 3, 2008 /Phasors/ 100% Apr 4, 2008 /Standing Waves/ 100% Apr 5, 2008 /Young's Slits/ 100% Apr 7, 2008 /Diffraction/ 75% Apr 8, 2008 /Finding the Distance of a Remote Object/ 100% Apr 9, 2008 Quantum Physics /Light as a Quantum Phenomenon/ 100% Apr 10, 2008 /Quantum Behaviour/ 75% Apr 11, 2008 /Electron Behaviour as a Quantum Phenomenon/ 100% Apr 12, 2008 Mechanics /Vectors/ 100% May 02, 2009 /Graphs/ 100% Mar 28, 2008 /Kinematics/ 100% Mar 28, 2008 /Forces and Power/ 100% May 2, 2009 (and Energy and Work Done) /Fluid dynamics/ 0% July 08, 2014 Physics in Practice Quality of Measurement /Data Handling/ 50% May 13, 2010 Physics in Use (presentation) A2 Exams Rise and Fall of the Clockwork Universe Decay /Exponential Relationships/ 100% Apr 4, 2009 /Capacitors/ 100% Apr 24, 2009 /Radioactive Decay/ 100% May 7, 2009 /Half-lives/ 100% Apr 8, 2009 Gravity /Gravitational Forces/ 100% Apr 6, 2009 /Gravitational Fields/ 75% Apr 23, 2009 /Gravitational Potential Energy/ 75% Apr 9, 2009 /Gravitational Potential/ 100% May 9, 2009 Mechanics /Simple Harmonic Motion/ 100% Apr 7, 2009 /Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion/ 100% Apr 25, 2009 /Damping/ 75% May 12, 2009 /Resonance/ 100% Apr 15, 2009 /Conservation of Momentum/ 100% Apr 8, 2009 /Forces and Impulse in Collisions/ 100% Apr 27, 2009 /Rockets, Hoses and Machine Guns/ 100% May 14, 2009 /Circular Motion/ 100% Apr 9, 2009 Astrophysics /Radar and Triangulation/ 100% Apr 4, 2009 /Large Units/ 100% Apr 10, 2009 /Orbits/ 75% Apr 28, 2009 /Doppler Effect/ 100% Apr 16, 2009 /Big Bang Theory/ 100% Apr 17, 2009 Temperature /Heat and Energy/ 100% Apr 11, 2009 /Specific Heat Capacity/ 100% May 9, 2009 /Ideal Gases/ 100% May 16, 2009 /Kinetic Theory/ 100% Apr 22, 2009 /Boltzmann Factor/ 100% Apr 29, 2009 Field and Particle Physics Magnetic Fields /Flux/ 75% Apr 15, 2009 /Induction/ 100% May 1, 2009 /Force/ 100% Apr 21, 2009 /Transformers/ 100% May 5, 2009 /Motors/ 75% May 19, 2009 /Generators/ 75% May 6, 2009 Electric Fields /Electric Force/ 100% May 2, 2009 /Electric Field/ 100% Apr 16, 2009 /Electric Potential/ 100% Apr 28, 2009 /Electric Potential Energy/ 100% May 13, 2009 Particle Physics /The Standard Model/ 100% Apr 17, 2009 /Quarks/ 100% May 4, 2009 /Bosons/ 75% May 12, 2009 /Leptons/ 100% May 2, 2009 /Millikan's Experiment/ 100% May 9, 2009 /Pair Production and Annihilation/ 100% May 16, 2009 /Particle Accelerators/ 75% Jun 2, 2009 /Cloud Chambers and Mass Spectrometers/ 100% Jun 2, 2009 Nuclear Physics /Quantum Principles/ 75% Apr 20, 2009 /Radioactive Emissions/ 100% May 5, 2009 /Energy Levels/ 100% Apr 14, 2009 /Fission/ 100% Apr 21, 2009 /Fusion/ 100% May 11, 2009 /Binding Energy/ 75% Apr 7, 2009 /Risks, Doses and Dose Equivalents/ 75% Apr 6, 2009 Physics study guides GCE Advanced Level A 75%