Details of CH1201 (Spring 2013)
| Level: 1 | Type: Theory | Credits: 3.0 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Instructor(s) |
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| CH1201 | General Physical Chemistry | Prasun Kumar Mandal |
| Syllabus |
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| Syllabus
States of Matter: The Gaseous State: Equation of state, Partial pressure concept, Effusion, Diffusion, Density and Molecular weight, Critical state. Kinetic Theory of Gases: The kinetic theory, Derivation of the gas laws, Maxwells distribution of molecular velocities, Collisions in a gas, Viscosity of gases and mean free path, Heat capacity of gases, Equipartition of energy, Thermal conductivity. Real Gases: Deviations from ideal behaviour, Equations of state for real gases, van der Waals and Virial equation, Reduced equation of state, Compressibility factors, Intermolecular forces, Limiting density. The Liquid State: Vapour pressure, Surface tension, Viscosity. The Solid State: Crystals, Laws of crystallography, Crystal systems, Crystal analysis, NaCl and KCl structures, Close-packing in crystals, Lattice energy, Born-Haber cycle, Isomorphism. Thermodynamics 1 The First Law: Heat and work, Internal energy, The First Law, Reversible-irreversible processes, Enthalpy, Heat capacity, Adiabatic processes, Thermochemistry. The Second Law: Spontaneous processes, The Second Law, Carnot cycle and Carnot theorem, Entropy and available work, Work function and free energy, Maxwells relations, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, Joule-Thomson coefficient, Chemical potential, Nernst heat theorem, Introduction of Third Law. Thermodynamics 2 The Chemical Equilibrium: The law of Mass Action, Equilibrium constants, the reaction isotherm, Le-Chateliers principle. Colligative Properties: Lowering of vapour pressure, Elevation of boiling point, Depression of freezing point, Osmosis, Osmotic pressure, Determination of molecular weight, Abnormal behaviour of solutions. Heterogeneous Equilibria: The distribution law, The phase rule, One component system, Water, Carbon dioxide, Sulphur, Raoults law of vapour pressure of solutions, Ideal solutions, Deviation from Raoults law, solid-liquid phases, Eutectic systems. Adsorption: Gibbs adsorption equation, Adsorption isotherms Freundlich and Langmuir, Types of adsorption, application of adsorption. Chemical Kinetics Order and molecularity of a reaction, Basic kinetic laws first, second, third order reactions, Determination of order of a reaction, Simultaneous reactions, The Arrhenius equation, The collision theory, the transition states theory, Chain reaction, Catalysis Homogeneous, heterogeneous. Electrochemistry Conductance and Ionisation: Laws of electrolysis, Arrhenius theory of dissociation, Strong and weak electrolytes, Conductance, Kohlrauschs Law, Ionic mobilities, Debye-Huckel theory of interionic attraction, degree of dissociation, Ionic strength, Debye-Huckel limiting law. Ionic Equilibrium: Solubility product, ionic product of water, pH, Hydrolysis of salt. |
| References |
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| Reference
(1) Physical Chemistry P. W. Atkins, J. De Paula. (2) Physical Chemistry T. Engel, P. Reid. (3) Physical Chemistry I. R. Levine. |
Course Credit Options
| Sl. No. | Programme | Semester No | Course Choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IP | 2 | Not Allowed |
| 2 | IP | 4 | Not Allowed |
| 3 | MS | 2 | Core |
| 4 | RS | 1 | Not Allowed |