Curriculum Overview
1 Physical quantities and units
1.1 Physical quantities
1.2 SI units
1.3 The Avogadro constant
1.4 Scalars and vectors
2 Measurement techniques
2.1 Measurements
2.2 Errors and uncertainties
3 Kinematics
3.1 Equations of motion
4 Dynamics
4.1 Momentum and Newton’s laws of motion
4.2 Non-uniform motion
4.3 Linear momentum and its conservation
5 Forces, density and pressure
5.1 Types of force
5.2 Turning effects of forces
5.3 Equilibrium of forces
5.4 Density and pressure
6 Work, energy and power
6.1 Energy conversion and conservation
6.2 Work and efficiency
6.3 Potential energy and kinetic energy
6.4 Power
7 Motion in a circle
7.1 Kinematics of uniform circular motion
7.2 Centripetal acceleration and centripetal force
8 Gravitational fields
8.1 Gravitational field
8.2 Gravitational force between point masses
8.3 Gravitational field of a point mass
8.4 Gravitational potential
9 Deformation of solids
9.1 Stress and strain
9.2 Elastic and plastic behaviour
10 Ideal gases
10.1 Equation of state
10.2 Kinetic theory of gases
10.3 Kinetic energy of a molecule
11 Temperature
11.1 Thermal equilibrium
11.2 Temperature scales
11.3 Practical thermometers
12 Thermal properties of materials
12.1 Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat
12.2 Internal energy and the first law of thermodynamics
13 Oscillations
13.1 Simple harmonic oscillations
13.2 Energy in simple harmonic motion
13.3 Damped and forced oscillations, resonance
14 Waves
14.1 Progressive waves
14.2 Transverse and longitudinal waves
14.3 Determination of frequency and wavelength of sound waves
14.4 Doppler effect
14.5 Electromagnetic spectrum
14.6 Production and use of ultrasound in diagnosis
15 Superposition
15.1 Stationary waves
15.2 Diffraction
15.3 Interference, two-source interference
15.4 Diffraction gratings
16 Communication
16.1 Communication channels
16.2 Modulation
16.3 Digital communication
16.4 Relative merits of channels of communication
16.5 Attenuation
17 Electric fields
17.1 Concept of an electric field
17.2 Uniform electric fields
17.3 Electric forces between point charges
17.4 Electric field of a point charge
17.5 Electric potential
18 Capacitance
18.1 Capacitors and capacitance
18.2 Energy stored in a capacitor
19 Current of electricity
19.1 Electric current
19.2 Potential difference and power
19.3 Resistance and resistivity
19.4 Sensing devices
20 D.C. circuits
20.1 Practical circuits
20.2 Kirchhoff’s laws
20.3 Potential dividers
21 Electronics
21.1 The ideal operational amplifier
21.2 Operational amplifier circuits
21.3 Output devices
22 Magnetic fields
22.1 Concept of magnetic field
22.2 Force on a current-carrying conductor
22.3 Force on a moving charge
22.4 Magnetic fields due to currents
22.5 Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
23 Electromagnetic induction
23.1 Laws of electromagnetic induction
24 Alternating currents
24.1 Characteristics of alternating currents
24.2 The transformer
24.3 Transmission of electrical energy
24.4 Rectification
25 Quantum physics
25.1 Energy of a photon
25.2 Photoelectric emission of electrons
25.3 Wave-particle duality
25.4 Energy levels in atoms and line spectra
25.5 Band theory
25.6 Production and use of X-rays
26 Particle and nuclear physics
26.1 Atoms, nuclei and radiation
26.2 Fundamental particles
26.3 Mass defect and nuclear binding energy
26.4 Radioactive decay
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