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Thermal physics
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Ideal gases, internal energy, heat capacity and microscopic models.
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Investigating Boyle's and Charles's laws
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- Test pressure-volume and volume-temperature relationships for a fixed mass of gas.
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Specific heat capacity of a solid
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- Determine the specific heat capacity of a solid from measured electrical energy and temperature rise.
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Thermal physics
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Subtopics and study areas
- Apply pV = nRT and thermal-energy equations.
- Relate microscopic particle motion to macroscopic pressure and temperature.
- Apply the ideal-gas equation pV = nRT.
- Explain gas pressure and temperature using a kinetic model.
- Use specific heat capacity in thermal-energy calculations.
