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85529569331. Law of Inertia0
8552958606Specific Heat Capacity- Amount of heat energy needed to raise 1kg of a substance by 1K - Joules per kelvin per kilogram1
8552969838Snell's Law2
8553004942Weight- Force on an object due to gravity - mass x gravitational acceleration - Newtons (N)3
8559533569LuminosityAmount of electromagnetic energy a body radiates per unit of time4
8611278963Density =Mass / Volume5
8611305968SuperpositionWhen two or more waves of the same type cross, their amplitudes are combined.6
8611313842Dalton's Law of Partial PressuresThe total pressure of a gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressure of each individual gas. (If the gases do not react)7
8611324974Ionisation EnergyEnergy needed to remove an electron from an atom.8
8611346568Fractional DistillationSeparation of a liquid mixture into fractions of different boiling points (and hence chemical composition). i.e. Substances with a high boiling point cool first and so on.9

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