AQA A2 Physics A - Unit 5 -Nuclear & Thermal Physics
Textbook - Nelson Thornes - Jim Breithaupt - ch9 -ch12

Unit 5 Resources

Section A Nuclear and thermal physics - Student Notes

Chapter 9 - Radioactivity 
Chapter 10 - Fission & Fusion
Chapter 11 - Thermal physics
Chapter 12 - Gases

ch9 Radioactivity Student Notes.doc
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Ch 10 Nuclear energy.doc
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Section A Presentations

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Unit 5 Web Resources

Radioactive decay equations
Nuclear Fission - mouse trap simulation
Nuclear Fission Explanation Part 2- Derek Owens

Questions - Easter Break 
Heating solids & liquids
Some of the questions below require you to [use data]. The data required is below. 
1 kilowatt-hour = 3.6 MJ
density of water = 1000 kgm-3
s.h.c. of water = 4200 Jkg-1K-1
specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 0.334 MJkg-1
specific latent heat of vaporisation of water = 2.26 MJkg-1
molar gas constant R = 8.31 Jmol-1K-1
Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 x 10-23 JK-1
Avogadro constant NA= 6.02 x 1023 mol-1

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Unit 5 Past Papers

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Specimen

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Unit 5 ESQ Textbook

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