IB Diploma Level Physics

This section of the website contains suggestions for material that could be used with the IB Diploma Level Physics syllabus for first examination in 2009.

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References to work at lower levels that might be useful at Diploma level are shown as (14-16) or (11-14)

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Topic 3 Thermal physics

3.1 Thermal concepts

3.1.1 Temperature scales
3.1.2 Temperature scales
3.1.3 Heat energy and temperature
3.1.3 Forces between molecules
3.1.3 Kinetic theory of matter
3.1.4 Heat energy
3.1.5 Mole and Avogadro
3.1.6 Mole and Avogadro

3.2 Thermal properties of matter

3.2.1 Heat energy
3.2.1 Specific heat capacity and heat energy (14-16)
3.2.2 Heat energy
3.2.3 Kinetic theory of matter
3.2.4 Change of state (14-16)
3.2.4 Evaporation (14-16)
3.2.5 Change of state (14-16)
3.2.6 Evaporation (14-16)
3.2.6 Evaporation and boiling
3.2.7 Latent heat (14-16)
3.2.7 Latent heat and change of state
3.2.8 Latent heat and change of state

16-19/Thermal physics/Heat energy/Problems/Specific and latent heat

3.2.9 Pressure
3.2.10 Kinetic theory assumptions
3.2.11 Kinetic theory and the gas laws
3.2.11 Kinetic theory and temperature
3.2.12 Brownian motion
3.2.12 Kinetic theory and the gas laws

Further text, problems and experiments will be added later.