Pearson Edexcel Level 3

Advanced Subsidiary
GCE in Physics (8PH0)

List of data, formulae and relationships

Issue 2
November 2022

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 List of data, formulae and relationships

Acceleration of free fall g = 9.81 m s–2 (close to Earth’s surface)

Electron charge e = –1.60 × 10–19 C
Electron mass me = 9.11 × 10–31 kg
Electronvolt 1 eV = 1.60 × 10–19 J
Gravitational field strength g = 9.81 N kg–1 (close to Earth’s surface)
Planck constant h = 6.63 × 10–34 J s
Speed of light in a vacuum c = 3.00 × 108 m s–1

Mechanics Electricity

Kinematic equations of motion Potential difference

s
u  v  t V =
W
2 Q
v = u + at
1 Resistance
s = ut + 2 at2
V
v 2 = u2 + 2as R=
I
Forces
Electrical power and energy
ΣF = ma
F P = VI
g =
m P = I 2R
W = mg V2
P=
moment of force = Fx R
Momentum W = VIt
p = mv
Resistivity
Work, energy and power ρl
R=
ΔW = FΔs A
1
Ek = 2 mv2
Current
ΔEgrav = mgΔh
Q
E I 
P= t
t
I = nqvA
W
P=
t
useful energy output
efficiency =
total energy input
useful power output
efficiency =
total power input

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Materials Waves and Particle Nature of Light

Density Wave speed

m v = fλ
ρ
V
Speed of a transverse wave on a string
Stokes’ law T
v
F = 6πηrv μ

Hooke’s law Intensity of radiation

P
ΔF = kΔx I =
A
Young modulus
Power of a lens
F 1
Stress σ  P=
A f
Δx P = P1 + P2 + P3 + …
Strain ε =
x
Thin lens equation
σ
E = 1 1 1
ε  
u v f
Elastic strain energy Magnification for a lens
ΔEel = ½FΔx image height v
=m =
object height u

Diffraction grating
nλ = d sin θ
Refractive index
n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2
c
n=
v

Critical angle
1
sin C =
n

Photon model
E = hf
Einstein’s photoelectric equation
hf = ϕ + ½mv 2max
de Broglie wavelength
h
λ=
p

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