B.Sc. Chemistry
6th Semester Syllabus
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MJC-10 (T) : Colligative Properties of Dilute Solutions, Chemical Kinetics and Photochemistry (T)
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Unit 1: Colligative Properties of Dilute Solutions
◦Colligative properties of solutions
◦Henry's law
◦Raoult's law (thermodynamic derivation)
◦Ideal and non-ideal solutions
◦Azeotropes
◦Thermodynamic derivation and experimental determination of relative lowering in vapour pressure
◦Elevation in boiling point
◦Depression in freezing point and osmotic pressure
◦Abnormal colligative properties due to association and dissociation of solutes in solutions
◦Van't Hoff's factor
◦Abnormal molar mass
◦Applications of colligative properties in determining molar mass of solutes
◦Degree of dissociation and association
Unit 2: Kinetics of Elementary Reactions
◦Rate laws of first
◦Second
◦Third and zero order reactions
◦Methods of determination of order of reactions
◦Temperature dependance of reaction rate
◦Arrhenius equation
◦Activation energy
◦Collision theory and transition state theory of reaction rates
◦Catalysis: Theory and applications
Unit 3: Kinetics of Complex Reactions
◦Steady state approximation
◦Integrated rate expression (first order only) for the
◦1
◦Opposing reactions
◦2
◦Parallel reactions and
◦3
◦Consecutive reactions
Unit 4: Photochemistry
◦Introduction
◦Consequences of light absorption
◦Lambert-Beer's law
◦Laws of photochemistry
◦Grottthus-Draper law
◦Stark-Einstein law of photochemical equivalence
◦Quantum yield
◦Photochemical reactions (H2 + Cl2, H2 + Br2, decomposition of HI)
◦Photochemical rate laws
◦Energy transfer in photochemical reactions
◦Jablonski diagram
◦Photosensitization
◦Fluorescence
◦Phosphorescence and chemiluminescence
Reference Books:
- Physical Chemistry: P.W. Atkins (ELBS)
- Comprehensive Physical Chemistry: Hemant Snehi
- Theoretical Physical Chemistry: Gladstone
- Physical Chemistry: G.M. Barrow
- Modern Electrochemistry: JOM Bakris and A.K.N. Reddy
- Text Books of Polymer Science: F.W. Billmayer Jr
- Advanced Physical Chemistry: Gurdeep Raj