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Particles and radiation

Conceptually unlike anything at GCSE. Many students find this the most interesting section, and the most memorisation-heavy.

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Constituents of the atom

Nucleons, isotopes and specific charge

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Stable and unstable nuclei

The strong nuclear force and decay

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Particles, antiparticles and photons

Annihilation and pair production

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Particle interactions

The four fundamental forces and exchange particles

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Classification of particles

Hadrons, leptons, baryons and mesons

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Quarks and antiquarks

Quark composition and conservation laws

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The photoelectric effect

Threshold frequency and work function

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Energy levels and photon emission

Line spectra and the electronvolt

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Wave-particle duality

The de Broglie wavelength

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