Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics 9702 syllabus General syllabus requirements and information

5.4 Data and formulae

The following data and formulae will appear as pages 2 and 3 in Papers 1, 2 and 4.

Data
c = 3.00 u 10 8 m s 1

speed of light in free space

permeability of free space

P0 = 4S u 10 7 H m1

permittivity of free space

H0 = 8.85 u 10 12 F m1
(

elementary charge

e = 1.60 u 10 19 C

the Planck constant

h = 6.63 u 10 34 J s

unified atomic mass unit

1 u = 1.66 u 10 27 kg

rest mass of electron

me = 9.11 u 10 31 kg

rest mass of proton

mp = 1.67 u 10 27 kg

molar gas constant

the Avogadro constant

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1
= 8.99 u10 9 m F1 )
4SH0

R = 8.31 J K 1 mol 1
NA = 6.02 u 10 23 mol 1

the Boltzmann constant

k = 1.38 u 10 23 J K 1

gravitational constant

G = 6.67 u 10 11 N m 2 kg 2

acceleration of free fall

g = 9.81 m s 2

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Formulae
1

uniformly accelerated motion

s = ut + 2 at 2
v 2 = u 2 + 2as

work done on/by a gas

W = p 'V
Gm
r

gravitational potential

I =

hydrostatic pressure

p = Ugh

pressure of an ideal gas

p =

simple harmonic motion

a = Z2x

velocity of particle in s.h.m.

v = v0 cos Zt
v = Z(x02 x 2)

Doppler effect

fo =

electric potential

V =

capacitors in series

1
3

Nm 2
c
V

fsv
v vs
Q
4SH0r

1/C = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + . . .

capacitors in parallel

C = C1 + C2 + . . .

energy of charged capacitor

W = 2 QV

electric current
resistors in series
resistors in parallel
Hall voltage

I = Anvq
R = R1 + R2 + . . .
1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + . . .
VH =

BI
ntq

alternating current/voltage

x = x0 sin Zt

radioactive decay

x = x0 exp( Ot)

decay constant

O =

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0.693
t
1
2

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