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    IGCSE Physics Equations

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    This document contains physics equations for various topics covered in the IGCSE curriculum. It lists key terms, symbols, and equations related to motion, electricity, waves, energy, solids, liquids and gases, magnetism, and radioactivity. Equations are provided for calculating average speed, acceleration, force, weight, momentum, moment, orbital speed, power, energy, charge, wave speed, refractive index, efficiency, work, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, density, pressure, gas laws, input/output voltage ratios in transformers, and alpha and beta decay reactions.

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    This document contains physics equations for various topics covered in the IGCSE curriculum. It lists key terms, symbols, and equations related to motion, electricity, waves, energy, solids, liquids and gases, magnetism, and radioactivity. Equations are provided for calculating average speed, acceleration, force, weight, momentum, moment, orbital speed, power, energy, charge, wave speed, refractive index, efficiency, work, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, density, pressure, gas laws, input/output voltage ratios in transformers, and alpha and beta decay reactions.

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    This document contains physics equations for various topics covered in the IGCSE curriculum. It lists key terms, symbols, and equations related to motion, electricity, waves, energy, solids, liquids and gases, magnetism, and radioactivity. Equations are provided for calculating average speed, acceleration, force, weight, momentum, moment, orbital speed, power, energy, charge, wave speed, refractive index, efficiency, work, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, density, pressure, gas laws, input/output voltage ratios in transformers, and alpha and beta decay reactions.

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    igcse Physics Equations

    Topic

    Word

    1 - Forces and average speed = distance travelled


    (displacement) / time taken
    Motion

    Symbol

    v = s/t

    acceleration = change in velocity/ time taken

    a = (v-u)/t

    force = mass x acceleration

    F = ma

    weight = mass x gravitational field strength

    w = mg

    momentum = mass x velocity

    p = mv

    moment = force x perpendicular distance


    from pivot

    moment = F x d

    sum of anticlockwise moment = sum of


    clockwise moment

    2 - Electricity

    3 - Waves

    Orbital speed = (2 x pi x radius) / period of


    orbit

    orbital speed = (2
    x x r) / T

    power = current x voltage

    p=IxV

    energy = power x time

    E=pxt

    energy = current x voltage x time

    E=IxVxt

    voltage = current x resistance

    V=IxR

    charge = current x time

    Q=Ixt

    wave speed = frequency x wavelength

    v=fx

    angle of incidence = angle of reflection

    i=r

    igcse Physics Equations


    Topic

    Word

    Symbol

    3 - Waves

    refractive index = sin angle of incidence / sin


    angle of refraction

    n = sin i/sin r

    refractive index = 1 / sin of critical angle

    n = 1/sin c

    4 - Energy

    5 - Solids,
    Liquid and
    Gases

    efficiency = (useful energy output / total


    energy output) x 100
    work = force x distance

    w = F x d

    GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x


    height

    GPE = m x g x h

    KE = mass x speed

    KE = mv

    power = work done/ time taken

    P = W/t

    density = mass/ volume

    p = m/v

    pressure = force/ area

    p = F/A

    pressure difference = height x density x


    gravity

    p = h x p x g (in
    liquids)

    pressure x volume = new pressure x new


    volume.

    p1 x V1 = p2 x V2

    pressure / temperature (kelvin) = new


    pressure / new temperature

    P1/T1 = P2/T2

    6 - Magnetism input voltage/ output voltage = primary turns/


    secondary turns
    7- Radioactivity ALPHA DECAY: Radium-226 Radon-222

    + helium-4 nucleus
    BETA DECAY: iodine-131 nucleus
    xenon-131 nucleus + beta particle

    Vp/Vs = n1/n2

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