Physics

All the Physics revision material is based on the WJEC syllabus.
Although these notes are specified for WJEC, there are many similarities with other exam boards. Please look at the topics listed below.

The main topics that can be found in my revision notes are the following:

Physics AS: 

• Base Units of the S.I
• Dimensional Analysis
• Density
• Hooke's Law
• Two Identical Springs in Parallel
• Two Identical Springs in Series
• Elastic Potential Energy
• Young's Modulus
• Stress-Strain Graphs
• Elasticity
• Definitions
• Charge
• Forces between Charges
• Forces in Nuclei
• Quarks
• Metallic Bonding and Conduction
• Current at Microscopic Level
• Proton, Neutron and Electron
• Geiger-Marsden Experiment
• Electrical Laws, Units and Definitions
• Light Bulbs
• Diodes
• Electrical Power
• Resistivity
• Superconductivity
• High Temperature Superconductors
• Uses
• Kirchoff's Laws
• Combining Resistors
• Resistors in Series
• Resistors in Parallel
• Potential Dividers
• Temperature Control
• Light Intensity
• EMF and Internal Resistance
• Mechanics
• Scalars and Vectors
• Speed and Velocity
• Resolving Vectors
• Forces
• Resultant Force
• Turning Effects and Equilibriums
• Centre of Gravity
• Stability
• Derivatives
• Velocity
• Acceleration
• Newton's Laws
• Equations of Uniformly accelerated motion
• Projectiles
• Work and Energy
• Conservation of Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Power
• Efficiency
• Dissipative Forces
• Free fall
• Waves
• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Polarisation
• Applications
• Diffraction
• Application and Examples
• Phase and Phase Difference
• Sound and Superposition
• Superposition and Stationary Waves
• Harmonics
• Superposition and Interference
• Double-slit Interference
• Diffraction Gratings
• Refraction of Light
• Huygen's Construction
• Refraction
• Snell's Law
• Total Internal Reflection
• Optical Fibres
• Photons
• Photoelectric Effect
• X-Ray Tubes
• X-Ray Spectra
• Line Spectra
• Lasers
• Matter, Forces and the Universe
• The Four Forces
• Fundamental and non-fundamental particles
• Particles and their Antis
• Hadrons
• Leptons
• Using Radiation to Investigate Stars
• Star's Absorption Spectra
• Star's Continuous Spectra
• Stefan's Law
• Nuclear processes within Stars

Physics A2: 

• Vibrations
• Radians, Angular Velocity and Acceleration
• Oscillations
• Oscillations and Circular Motion
• Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) Connections
• Energy in SHM
• Momentum Concepts
• Momentum and Impulse
• Conservation of Momentum
• Collisions
• Photon Momentum
• Thermal Physics
• Kinetic Theory
• Avogadro's Number and the Mole
• Boyle's Law
• Ideal Gas Equation & Temperature in Kelvin
• Applying the K.T. Model
• RMS Speeds
• Internal Energy
• Temperature and Heat
• First Law of Thermodynamics
• Pressure-Volume Diagrams
• Gas Cycles and Heat Engines
• Specific Heat Capacity
• Electrostatic and Gravitational Fields of Force
• Electric Fields
• Coulomb's Law - Forces and Fields
• Potential Energy
• Potential
• Force & Energy, Field and Potential
• Potential Difference, Charge and Energy
• Equipotentials
• Gravitational Fields
• Newton's Law of Gravity
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Gravitational Potential
• Force & Energy, Field and Potential
• Gravitational Equipotentials
• Application to orbits in the solar system and the wider universe
• Kepler's Laws
• Escape Velocity
• Binary Systems
• Red Shift
• Observing Binary Stars
• Finding Masses in Space and Dark Matter
• Capacitance
• Capacitors
• Di-electrics
• Energy
• In Series and Parallel
• Discharging
• Charging
• Capacitance and Construction
• B-Fields
• Magnetic Fields
• Solenoids
• Magnetic Materials
• Lorentz Force
• Force between Conductors
• Particles in Fields
• Mass Spectrometers
• Linear Accelerators
• Cyclotrons
• Synchrotrons
• Hall Effect
• Electromagnetic Induction
• Flux and Flux Linkage
• Electromagnetic Induction
• Faraday's Law
• Lenz's Law
• Alternating Current
• Cathode Ray Oscilloscopes
• Radioactivity and Radioisotopes
• Nuclear Physics
• Stability
• Instability
• Decay
• The Maths
• Uses of Radioactivity
• Hazards
• Nuclear Energy
• Nuclear Binding Energy
• Nuclear Fission
• Chain Reactions
• Sustaining and Controlling
• Reactors
• Nuclear Fusion
• Option: Further Electromagnetism and Alternating Currents
• Transformers
• Mutual Induction
• Power and Power Losses
• Hysteresis Power Losses
• Self Inductance
• Capacitors and AC
• Power in Inductors and Capacitors
• Phasors
• RL Circuits
• RC Circuits
• RCL Circuits
• Resonance