VCE Physics - Formula sheet

1 Victorian Certificate of Education YearPHYSICSW ritten examinationFORMULA SHEETI nstructionsThis Formula sheet is provided for your question and answer book is provided with this Formula are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room. VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2020 December 2020 Physics Formula sheet 2 Physics formulasMotion and related energy transformationsvelocity; accelerationvstavt== ;equations for constant accelerationvuatsutatsvtatvuassvut=+=+= =+=+()12122122222 Newton s second law F = macircular motionavrrT==2224 Hooke s lawF = k xelastic potential energy12k( x)2gravitational potential energy near the surface of Earthmg hkinetic energy122mvNewton s law of universal gravitationFGmmr=122gravitational fieldgGMr=2impulseF tmomentummvLorentz factor = 1122vctime dilationt = to length contractionLL=o rest energyErest = mc2relativistic total energyEtotal = mc2relativistic kinetic energyEk = ( 1)

2 Mc2 3 Physics Formula SHEETTURN OVERF ields and application of field conceptselectric field between charged platesEVd=energy transformations of charges in an electric field122mvqV=field of a point chargeEkqr=2force on an electric chargeF = qECoulomb s lawFkqqr=122magnetic force on a moving chargeF = qvBmagnetic force on a current carrying conductorF = nIlBradius of a charged particle in a magnetic fieldrmvqB=Generation and transmission of electricityvoltage; powerV = RI; P = VI = I2 Rresistors in seriesRT = R1 + R2resistors in parallel11112 RRRT=+ideal transformer actionVVNNII121221= =AC voltage and currentVVRMS peak=12 IIRMS peak=12electromagnetic induction EMF: flux.

3 NBAt = = transmission lossesVdrop = Iline Rline Ploss = I 2line RlineWave conceptswave equationv = f constructive interferencepath difference = n destructive interferencepath difference= n12 fringe spacing xLd= Snell s lawn1 sin 1 = n2 sin 2 refractive index and wave speedn1 v1 = n2 v2 Physics Formula sheet 4 END OF Formula SHEETThe nature of light and matterphotoelectric effectEhfk max= photon energyE = hfphoton momentumph= de Broglie wavelength =hpDataacceleration due to gravity at Earth s surfaceg = m s 2mass of the electronme = 10 31 kgmagnitude of the charge of the electrone = 10 19 CPlanck s constanth = 10 34 J s h = 10 15 eV sspeed of light in a vacuumc = 108 m s 1universal gravitational constantG = 10 11 N m2 kg 2mass of EarthME = 1024 kgradius of EarthRE = 106 mCoulomb constantk = 109 N m2 C 2 Prefixes/Unitsp = pico = 10 12n = nano = 10 9 = micro = 10 6m = milli = 10 3k = kilo = 103M = mega = 106G = giga = 109t = tonne = 103 kg