Calculations for A-level mA Ee FOURTH EDITION w oO Cc S ° = 4 ec 5 ao uo = a i‘Text © Trevar Lowe, John Flounce 1987, 1982, 1987, 2002 (Original itustrations © Nelson Thornes Ltd 2002 The right of Trevor Lorre anc John Rounce to be identited as, authors ofthis work Nas beer asserted by them in accordance ‘wih the Gopyight, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Allrights reserved. No pert ofthis publication may be eproduced or transmittedin any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing rom the publisher or under heence from the Gopyright Licensing Agency Limited, of 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIT LP. ‘Any person who commits any unauthorised actin relation to this publication may be lable to criminal prosecution and civ claims for damages. First published in 1967 by: Staniey Thornes (Publishers) Lis Fourth edition published in 2002 by: Nelzon Thornes Ltd Dotta Place 27 Bath Road ‘GHELTENHAM Gs3 7TH United Kingdom 408 08 / 10087654 ‘A.catalogue record for this book is available fram the Brith Liocary ISBN 07487 67487 tHustations by TechSet Ltd and Oxford Besigners and Riustators Page makeup by TechSet Lid Printed in Great Britain by ScotprintContents Preface ix Section G How to use this book X Electricity and magnetism 20° Direct current circuits 169 Section A 21° Electrostatics 183 Basicideas 22) Capacitors 189 - 23 Magnetic forces 197 1_Hew to approach a calculation 24 Electromagnetic induction 203 2 Essential mathematics 6 25 Magnetic field calculations 209 2_Units and dimensions 18 36 Alternating currents 212 Section B Mechanics Section H 4. Statics 20 Atomic and nuclear physics tv, i si ee {2 27 Photoelectric emission and atomic 7 Linear momentum ca Structure. 221 a < fq 28 Radioactivity and X rays 226 8 Circular motion €9 29 Nuclear reactions 24 Section C . Matter Section | 10 Elasticity 8 30_ Graphs and oscilloscope traces 238 Section D Oscillations and waves 11_ Simple harmonic motion 87 section topics 12 Waves and interference 95 >BEC@' topics 13 _ Diffraction and the diffraction grating 112 31_Astronomy 250 32_ Medical and health physics 262 Section E 33 Rotational dynamics 273 Geometrical opt 14__Refraction uo 15 Thin lenses and the eye 1g Sectionk . 16 Optical instruments a7 Further revision questions 34 Miscellaneous questions 280 Section F Heat . . —_— ———— _ Hints for exam questions 291 17 Thermal properties of matter 141 Answers 32 18 The Ideal gas laws and kinetic theory 153 Appendix 9 19° Ideal gases and thermodynamics 161 Index 220