Slide Preview for EdExcel Unit 4 - Physics on the Move

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Further Mechanics: Momentum, conservation of momentum, Newton's 2nd law, impulse, resolving vectors, momentum in two dimensions, energy loss in collisions, elastic collisions, collisions between particles, circular motion, centripetal force, centripetal acceleration, radians, circular motion equations. Electric and Magnetic Fields: Coulomb's law, electric fields around point charges, electric field strength, electric fields between charged plates, potential gradients, equipotentials, capacitors, charging and discharging capacitors, time constant, exponential decay, magnetic fields, magnetic fields around current-carrying wires and solenoids, magnetic flux density, magnetic forces on charged particles, the motor effect, electromagnetic induction, AC generators, magnetic flux, Faraday's law, Lenz's law, magnetic field around the Earth. Particle Physics: The structure of the atom, Rutherford scattering, electron beams, cathode ray tubes, the electronvolt, diffraction of electrons, De Broglie wavelength, LINACs, cyclotrons, colliding atoms, particle detector images, understanding particle tracks, energy-mass equivalence, the atomic mass unit, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, matter-antimatter, fundamental particles, high energy scattering, deep inelastic scattering, quarks, leptons, antiquarks, antileptons, baryons, mesons, hadrons, particle collision equations, conservation of mass, lepton and baryon number, exchange bosons.