GCE PHYSICS

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Advanced Level / Safon Uwch

Data Booklet
A clean copy of this booklet should be issued to candidates for their use during each GCE Physics
examination.
Centres are asked to issue this booklet to candidates at the start of the GCE Physics course to
enable them to become familiar with its contents and layout.
Values and Conversions

Avogadro constant

Fundamental electronic charge

Mass of an electron

Molar gas constant

Acceleration due to gravity at sea level

Gravitational field strength at sea level

Universal constant of gravitation

Planck constant

Boltzmann constant

Speed of light in vacuo

Permittivity of free space

Permeability of free space

Stefan constant

Wien constant

T/K = /C + 27315

1 u = 166 1027 kg

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602 1023 mol1

160 1019 C
911 1031 kg
831 J mol1 K1
981 m s2
981 N kg1
667 1011 N m 2 kg2
663 1034 J s
138 1023 J K1
300 108 m s1
885 1012 F m1
4 107 H m1
567 108 W m2 K4
290 103 m K

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A2

B: Electromagnetism and Space-Time

B: The Newtonian Revolution

1 = 1 1
TP TE topp
1 = 1 + 1
TP TE tinf conj
rP = a(1 )
rA = a(1 + )
rPvP = rAvA

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Mathematical Information
SI multipliers
Multiple

Prefix

18

Symbol

Multiple
3

Prefix

Symbol

atto

10

kilo

10 15

femto

106

mega

10 12

pico

109

giga

10 9

nano

1012

tera

10 6

micro

1015

peta

18

10

milli

10

exa

10 2

centi

1021

zetta

10

Areas and Volumes

d 2
4

Area of a circle = r2 =

Area of a triangle = 1 base height

2

Solid

Surface area

Volume

rectangular block

2 (lh + hb + lb)

cylinder

2 r (r + h)

r2 h

sphere

4 r2

4
3

lbh

r3

Trigonometry
P

R
sin =

PQ
,
PR

cos =

Q
QR
,
PR

tan =

PQ
,
QR

PR2 = PQ2 + QR2

Logarithms (A2 only)
[Unless otherwise specified log can be loge (i.e. ln) or log10.]

()

log (ab) = log a + log b

log a = log a log b

b

log xn = n log x

loge ekx = ln ekx = kx

loge 2 = ln 2 = 0693

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sin = tan
cos