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Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics (9702)

1. Physical quantities and units

4. Forces, density and pressure

5. Work, energy and power

6. Deformation of solids

8. Superposition

10. D.C. circuits

11. Particle physics

11.1 Atoms, nuclei and radiation

11.1.1—The results of the α-particle scattering experiment the existence and small

11.1.2—A simple model for the nuclear atom to include protons, neutrons and orbital

11.1.3—Nucleon number and proton number

11.1.4—Isotopes are forms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons in

11.1.5—The notation A Z X for the representation of nuclides

11.1.6—Nucleon number and charge are conserved in nuclear processes

11.1.7—The composition, mass and charge of α-, β- and γ-radiations (both β–

11.1.8—An antiparticle has the same mass but opposite charge to the corresponding

11.1.9—That (electron) antineutrinos are produced during β– decay and (electron)

11.1.10—Α-particles have discrete energies but that β-particles have a continuous

11.1.11—Α- and β-decay by a radioactive decay equation of the form UT h92 238 90 234

11.1.12—The unified atomic mass unit (u) as a unit of mass

11.2 Fundamental particles

Practical assessment skills

Mathematical, data, formula and circuit-symbol skills

A-Level/CAIE/Physics//AS/Concept/11. Particle physics/11.1 Atoms, nuclei and radiation/11.1.6—Nucleon number and charge are conserved in nuclear processes

11. Particle physics AS

Syllabus: 9702–2028–2029
Section: 11
Level: AS

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Most tested topics

Atoms, nuclei and radiation
Fundamental particles