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9702_w23_qp_42

科目:物理 Physics (9702)

年份:2023 冬季

试卷:Paper 42

总页数:20

章节:12-13: Circular Motion & Gravitational Fields, 14-16: Temperature, Ideal Gases & Thermodynamics, 17: Oscillations, 18: Electric fields, 19: Capacitance, 20: Magnetic fields, 21: Alternating currents, 22: Quantum physics, 23: Nuclear physics, 24: Medical physics, 25: Astronomy and cosmology

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1 (a) Define the radian.

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(b) The minute hand of a clock revolves at constant angular speed around the face of the clock, completing one revolution every hour. A small piece of modelling clay is attached to the hand with its centre of gravity at a distance $L$ from the fixed end of the hand, as shown in Fig. 1.1.

direction of revolution of minute hand

free end → [Diagram: Circle with center at bottom, radius labeled L, point on edge labeled "modelling clay", and point on edge labeled "fixed end". Arrows indicate rotation direction.]

minute hand

fixed end

face of clock

Fig. 1.1

Calculate the angular speed $\omega$ of the minute hand.

$\omega = \underli

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(ii) Determine distance $L$ .

$$
L = \underline{\hspace{8cm}} \text{m [2]}
$$

(iii) Calculate the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the piece of modelling clay.

$$
\text{centripetal acceleration} = \underline{\hspace{8cm}} \text{m s}^{-2} \text{[2]}
$$

(d) Use your answer in (c)(iii) to explain why the variation with time of the magnitude of the force exerted by the minute hand on the piece of modelling clay is negligible as the minute hand undergoes one full revolution.

$\underline{\hspace{10cm}}$

$\underline{\hspace{10cm}}$

$\underline{\hspace{10cm}}$ [2]

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2 (a) (i) Define gravitational potential at a point.

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(ii) The Moon may be considered to be an isolated uniform sphere of mass $7.3 \times 10^{22} \, \text{kg}$ and radius $1.7 \times 10^6 \, \text{m}$ .

Calculate the gravitational potential at the surface of the Moon. Give a unit with your answer.

gravitational potential = ........................................ unit ................ [2]

(b) An iso

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(c) A particle is moving upwards at the surface of the Moon.

Use your answer in (a)(ii) and the expression in (b)(ii) to determine the minimum speed of this particle that will result in it escaping from the gravitational pull of the Moon.

speed = ………………………………………… m s⁻¹ [1]

(d) Hydrogen may be assumed to be an ideal gas.  
The mass of a hydrogen molecule is $3.34 \times 10^{-27}$ kg.

Calculate the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) speed of a hydrogen molecule in hydrogen gas that is at a temperature of 400 K.

r.m.s. speed = ………………………………………… m s⁻¹ [3]

(e) The surface of the Moon reaches temperatures of approximately 400 K when in direct sunlight.

Use your answers in (c) and (d) to suggest a reason why the Moon does not have an atmosphere consisting of hydrogen.

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3 (a) State what is meant by the internal energy of a system.

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(b) Use the first law of thermodynamics to explain what happens to the internal energy:

(i) of a spring when it is stretched at constant temperature within its elastic limit

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4 An electron in a metal rod moves randomly about a mean position. When an alternating voltage is applied to the ends of the rod, the mean position can be considered to oscillate with simple harmonic motion along the axis of the rod. Fig. 4.1 shows the variation with time $t$ of the displacement $x$ of the mean position from a fixed point on the axis of the rod.

<div style="text-align: center;">
    ![image](image_1.png)
    <br/>
    Fig. 4.1
</div>

(a) (i) Determine the amplitude of the oscillations.

$$
\text{amplitude} = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \text{m [1]}
$$

(ii) Determine the angular frequency of the oscillations.

$$
\text{angular frequency} = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \text{rad s}^{-1} \text{[1]}
$$

(iii) Use your answers in (a)(i) and (a)(ii) to show that the maximum drif

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(b) The rod has a cross-sectional area of $4.3 \, \text{cm}^2$ and contains a number density of conduction electrons (charge carriers) of $8.5 \times 10^{28} \, \text{m}^{-3}$ .

All of the conduction electrons in the rod may be assumed to be oscillating in phase with, and with the same amplitude as, the oscillation shown in Fig. 4.1.

(i) Use the information in (a)(iii) to calculate the magnitude $I_0$ of the maximum current in the rod.

$$
I_0 = \text{................................................... A [2]}
$$

(ii) On Fig. 4.2, sketch the variation of the current $I$ in the rod with time $t$ between $t = 0$ and $t = 0.40 \, \mu\text{s}$ .

<div style="text-align: center;">
    ![image](image_1.png)
</div>

Fig. 4.2

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(iii) Use your answers in (a)(ii) and (b)(i) to determine an

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5 (a) State Coulomb’s law.

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(b) Two identical oil droplets are in a vacuum. The centres of the droplets are a distance of $3.8 \times 10^{-6}$ m apart. The droplets have equal charge and exert an electric force on each other of magnitude $6.3 \times 10^{-17}$ N.

Determine the magnitude of the charge on each droplet.

charge = ................................................... C [2]

(c) One of the oi

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(i) State the sign of the charge on the oil droplet.  
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(ii) On Fig. 5.1, draw four lines to represent the electric field between the plates. [3]

(iii) The distance between the plates is 5.2 cm.  
Determine the mass of the oil droplet.

mass = ........................................ kg 3

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6 A capacitor C is charged so that the potential difference (p.d.) $V$ across its terminals is 8.0 V. The capacitor is connected into the circuit of Fig. 6.1.

Fig. 6.1

The switch is initially open. The switch is closed at time $t = 0$ .

(a) Fig. 6.2 shows the variation of $V$ with the charge $Q$ on the plates of capacitor C as the capacitor discharges.

Fig. 6.2

(i) Show that the energy stored in capacitor C at time $t = 0$ is 1.8 mJ.

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(ii) Determine the capacitance of capacitor C. Give a unit with your answer.

capacitance = ……………………………… unit …………… [2]

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(b) Fig. 6.3 shows the variation with $t$ of $-\ln\left(\frac{V}{8.0\,\text{V}}\right)$ .

<div style="text-align: center;">
    ![image](image_1.png)
</div>

Fig. 6.3

(i) Show that, when $t$ is equal to one time constant, the value of $-\ln\left(\frac{V}{8.0\,\text{V}}\right)$ is equal to 1.0.

[2]

(ii) Determine the time constant $\tau$ of the circuit in Fig. 6.1.

$\tau = \underline{\hspace{5cm}}\,\text{s}$ [1]

(iii) Calculate the resistance of resistor R.

$\text{resistance} = \underline{\hspace{5cm}}\,\Omega$ 2

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7 (a) A Hall probe containing a thin slice of semiconducting material is placed in a uniform magnetic field of flux density $B$ . The largest faces of the slice are perpendicular to the magnetic field, as shown in Fig. 7.1.

![image](image_1.png)

Fig. 7.1

The thickness $x$ of the slice is 1.8 mm. The number density of charge carriers in the semiconducting material is $1.5 \times 10^{16} \, \text{m}^{-3}$ .

A constant current of 5.4 A is passed through the slice between the shaded faces.

The Hall voltage $V_H$ that is developed between the terminals PQ is recorded.

Fig. 7.2 shows the variation with time $t$ of $B$ .

![image](image_2.png)

Fig. 7.2

(i) Show that, when $B$ is equal to $4.0 \times 10^{-6} T$ , the magnitude of $V_H$ is 5.0 V.

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(ii) On Fig. 7.3, sketch the variation of $V_H$ with $t$ between $t = 0$ and $t = 0.080\,\text{s}$ .

<div style="text-align: center;">
    ![image](image_1.png)
</div>

Fig. 7.3

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(b) The Hall probe in (a) is replaced with a small flat coil that has 3000 turns. The cross-sectional area of the coil is $3.4 \times 10^{-4}\,\text{m}^2$ . The plane of the coil is perpendicular to the magnetic field. The electromotive force (e.m.f.) $E$ induced between the terminals of the coil is recorded as $B$ varies as shown in Fig. 7.2.

(i) Show that the magnitude of $E$ at time $t = 0.010\,\text{s}$ is $2.0 \times 10^{-4}\,\text{V}$ .

[3]

(ii) On Fig. 7.4, sketch the variation of $E$ with $t$ between $t = 0$ and $t = 0.080\,\text{s}$ .

<div style="text-align: center;">
    ![image](image_2.pn

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8 (a) State what is meant by a photon.

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(b) When the surface of a metal plate is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation, electrons are sometimes emitted from the metal.

(i) State the name of this phenomenon.

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(ii) It is observed that this phenomenon occurs only when 

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State the name of the quantity represented by:

(i) the gradient of the line in Fig. 8.1  
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(ii) the y-intercept of the extrapolated line in Fig. 8.1.  
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9 Fluorine-18 ( $^{18}_{9}\text{F}$ ) is a radioactive nuclide that is used as a tracer in positron emission tomography (PET scanning). Fluorine-18 decays to a nuclide of oxygen (O) according to

$$
{}^{18}_{9}\text{F} \longrightarrow {}_{P}^{Q}\text{X} + {}_{R}^{R}\text{O}.
$$

(a) (i) State what is meant by a tracer.

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(ii) State the symbol of the particle that is represented by X and the values of $P$ , $Q$ and $R$ .

X: ................................................... $P$ : ...................................................

$Q$ : ................................................... $R$ : ................................................... [2]

(b) (i)

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(ii) On Fig. 9.1, sketch the variation with time $t$ of $R$.

<div style="text-align: center;">
  ![image](image_1.png)
</div>

Fig. 9.1

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10 (a) State Wien’s displacement law. Identify any symbols that you use.

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(b) A cosmology student observes the electromagnetic radiation received from a star in a galaxy. The student uses Wien’s law to estimate the surface temperature of the star, a standard candle to estimate the distance to the galaxy, and the Stefan–Boltzmann law to estimate the radius of the star.

The student observes that the rad