USEFUL FORMULAE IN CSEC PHYSICS

PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS

1 1
1. Area of ⊿= bxh 2. Area of ¿ ( a+b ) h 3. A 2=B2 +C2 4. V of =π r 2 h
2 2
4 m ρ of substance y 2− y 1
5. V of sphere= π r 3 6. ρ= 7. ρr= 8. gradient=
3 V ρ of water x 2−x 1

9. 1 m=100 cm=1,000 mm 10.1 m 2=10,000 c m 2=1,000,000 m m2 11.1m 3=1,000,000 c m 3=1,000,000,000 mm3

MECHANICS

load
1. F=ma 2. W =mg 3. Moment=F x ⊥ d 4. MA= 5
effort
effort dist . ¿ of teeth on driven wheel
. VR= =¿ of wheels=
load dist . ¿ of teeth on driving wheel

MA output distance
6. % efficiency = x 100 %= x 100 % 7. speed =
VR input time
total distance displacement
8. av speed = 9. vel =
total time time

change∈ vel 1
10. acc= 11. v=u+at 12. s=ut + a t 2 13. v 2=u 2+2 as 14. p=mv
time 2
m v 2 16. v= 2 πr
15. F c =
r T

wrk done energy 1

17. wrk done=Fscosθ 18. power= = 19. K . E= m v2 20. P . E=mgh
time time 2
force
21. pressure= =hρg
surface area

THERMAL PHYSICS

9 EH EH EH
1. ∆ T =T f −T i 2. T K =T ℃ +273 3. T ℉ = ( T +32
5 ℃ ) 4. C=
∆T
5. c=
m ∆T
6. l=
m
P1 V 1 P2 V 2
7. = 8. PV =nRT
T1 T2

9. ∆ L=L x α x ∆ θ
WAVES

1 sini v1 real depth λ 1

1. V =fλ 2. f = 3. η= = = = 1 4. sin C=
T sin r v2 apparent depth λ 2 η
v 1
5. magnification= 6. D=
u f

1 1 1 1 L
7. = + 8. sin i c = 9. T =2 π √
f v u η g

ELECTRICITY

1 1 1
1. V =IR 2. P=IV =I 2 R 3. R T =R 1+ R 2 4. = + 5. Q=It 6. E=QV
RT R1 R 2
V s Ns I p ρl
7. = = 8. R=
V p N p Is A

ATOMIC PHYSICS

AO
1. A=Z+ N 2. E=mc 2 3. =2n 4. AZ X → AZ−2
−4
Y + 42 He 5. AZ X → Z+1AY + −10e
An

PREPARED BY: Winston Thom