IGCSE Physics ALL FORMULAS

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speed

distance/time

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average velocity

total distance/total time

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acceleration

change in velocity/change in time

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weight

mass x gravitational field strength

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density

mass/volume

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hookes law

force= spring constant x extension

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newtons second law

force= mass x acceleration

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moment

force x perpendicular distance from pivot

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principle of moments

sum of clockwise moments = sum of anticlockwise moments

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momentum

mass x velocity

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impulse

impulse = change in momentum

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impulse

force x time

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work

force x distance moved

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power

work/time

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kinetic energy

½ x mass x velocity2

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gravitational potential energy

mass x gravitational pull x height

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efficiency (power)

useful power output/total power input x 100

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efficiency (energy)

useful energy output/total energy input x 100

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pressure (on a surface)

force/area

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fluid pressure

density x gravitational pull x height

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Boyles law (constant temperature)

pressure x volume = constant

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specific heat capacity

change in energy/mass x temperature change

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temperature in kelvin

temperature + 273

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wave speed

frequency x wavelength

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frequency

1/ time period

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refractive index (refraction)

sine of angle of incidence/sine of refraction

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refractive index (light speed)

speed of light in vacuum/speed of light in medium

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refractive index (critical angle)

1/sine of critical angle

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current

charge/time

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e.m.f

work done on charge/charge

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potential difference

work done by charge/ charge

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ohms law

current x resistance

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power

current x voltage

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power loss

current2 x resistance

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energy transferred (current)

p.d x current x time

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energy transferred (power)

power x time

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potential divider

ratio of resistances = ratio of p.d

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resistors in series

total resistance = sum of resistors

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resistors in parallel

total resistance= inverse sum of resistances

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transformer equation

secondary voltage/primary voltage = turns in secondary coil/ turns in primary coil

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transformers (100% power transfer)

primary voltage/secondary voltage = secondary current/primary current

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radioactive alpha decay

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radioactive beta decay

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radioactive gamma decay

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average orbital speed

orbital circumference/time period

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Hubble constant

recessional velocity/ distance to galaxy

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estimate for age of the universe

1/hubble constant

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