Physics A-Level
Kinetic and potential energy interchange
What Kinetic and potential energy interchange means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Kinetic and potential energy interchange
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Reference: OCR
The interchange is continuous, with kinetic energy converting to potential energy and back each cycle.
Topics that use Kinetic and potential energy interchange
- Energy of a simple harmonic oscillator (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Conservation of energy in simple harmonic motion
- Energy–displacement relationships
- Parabolic energy curves
- Amplitude and total energy
- Amplitude dependence of energy
- Conservation of total energy
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