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IB Physics
FORMULAE NOT IN THE DATA BOOKLET

The formulae included in this guide are not in the IB

physics data booklet and you should memorise them!

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I'll walk through each topic and explain each equation that needs to be
memorised.

BUT FIRST!

You should also make sure you have a copy of the IB physics data booklet
and that you practise using it before your exams.

DOWNLOAD YOUR DATA BOOKLET HERE

TOPIC 1
One of the basic error propagation rules is not included. This is if you are
multiplying a quantity by a constant factor with no associated error, then the
absolute error is multiple by the constant too. However, the relative error omits
the constant.

All of the other formulae needed for manipulating errors are included in the data
booklet.

Another omission is the estimation of uncertainty in a range of data

EXAMPLE: time taken for ball to drop:

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TOPIC 2
For an object in freefall in a gravitational field, the total energy in the system is
(assuming no air resistance or drag):

Power in terms of work done:

The spring compression/extension force (Hooke’s law):

TOPIC 3
The Stefan-Boltzmann constant (kb), the universal gas constant (R) and
Avogadro’s number (NA) are all linked by:

Number of moles in a quantity of m grams of a substance with molar mass μ:

Boyle’s Law: Charles' Law: Gay-Lussac Law:

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Combining all gas laws:

Total internal energy of an ideal gas:

TOPIC 4
Intensity of electromagnetic radiation at a distance r from a source with
power, P.

Intensity of unpolarised light after passing through a polariser:

TOPIC 5
Another expression for the formula for internal resistance is:

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TOPIC 6
Average angular velocity is equal to the rate of change of angular
displacement, θ, with respect to time, t.

The speed of an object undergoing circular motion:

Angular speed:

TOPIC 7
Example of an alpha decay

Example of a beta decay

The rate of decay is proportional to the number of nuclei which have not yet
decayed:

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Activity of a radioactive substance:

Mass defect:

TOPIC 8
If a wind turbine has a blade radius, r, then the area, A, swept our by the
blades is πr² and the maximum theoretical kinetic energy arriving at the turbine
every second (and hence the maximum theoretical power) is:

This assumes that all the kinetic energy of the wind can be used, which is not
possible given that the wind will move out of the back of the turbine after
moving the blades and will hence retain some of its kinetic energy.

TOPIC 9
The defining equation of SHM is:

Observed wavelength of a source moving towards(-) or away(+) from the

observer:

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TOPIC 10
You can find the relative permittivity (εr) in terms of the permittivity of the
medium (ε) and vacuum (εo) is:

The potential difference between two parallel plates, with voltage, V, and
separation, d, is:

The magnitude of an electric field a distance r away from a spherical charge Q:

TOPIC 11
Maximum and minimum values for an induced emf in an ac generator is:

TOPIC 12
Determining the half-life of a radioactive source using the decay constant:

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de Broglie states that particles have wave-like properties and they are linked
by the following equation:

Where λ is the wavelength, h is the Planck’s constant and p is the momentum

of the particle (p=mv)

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