Edexcel International AS and A level Physics XPH11/YPH11 · U2.3
Waves and Particle Nature of Light
- Code
- U2.3
- In
- U2 Waves and Electricity
- Course
- International AS and A level Physics XPH11/YPH11
- Board
- Edexcel
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Points under U2.3
- 33 Amplitude, frequency, period, speed and wavelength
- 34 The wave equation
- 35 Longitudinal waves
- 36 Transverse waves
- 37 Graphs of transverse, longitudinal and standing waves
- 38 Core practical 4: speed of sound in air
- 39 Wavefront, coherence, path difference, superposition and interference
- 40 Phase difference and path difference
- 41 Standing waves, nodes and antinodes
- 42 Speed of a transverse wave on a string
- 43 Core practical 5: frequency of a vibrating string
- 44 Intensity of radiation
- 45 Refraction and refractive index
- 46 Critical angle
- 47 Predicting total internal reflection
- 48 Measuring the refractive index of a solid
- 49 Plane polarisation
- 50 Diffraction and Huygens' construction
- 51 The diffraction grating equation
- 52 Core practical 6: wavelength of light with a diffraction grating
- 53 Electron diffraction and wave nature of electrons
- 54 The de Broglie equation
- 55 Transmission and reflection at an interface
- 56 Pulse-echo techniques
- 57 Wave and photon models of electromagnetic radiation
- 58 Photon energy and frequency
- 59 Photon absorption and photoelectron emission
- 60 Threshold frequency, work function and the photoelectric equation
- 61 The electronvolt
- 62 Photoelectric effect as evidence for photons
- 63 Atomic line spectra and energy levels
Points in U2 Waves and Electricity
- U2.3 Waves and Particle Nature of Light
- U2.4 Electric Circuits