NEP Syllabus

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Basic Concepts of Chemistry-I Physical Chemistry Part (CHMJ/CHMN 11)

Gaseous State:
Kinetic theory of gases and ideal gas laws, Maxwell distribution of speed, Equipartition of Energy collisions in a gas: collision number, collision diameter and mean free path, behaviour of real gases: van der Waals equation and its applicability, the critical state: critical constants, law of corresponding states.

Liquid State:
Surface tension, capillary action, measurement of surface tension, viscosity of liquids and its measurement, temperature effect on surface tension and viscosity

Solid State:
Crystal lattices, space lattice, unit cell, crystal systems, law of rational indices, Miller indices, Braggs equation, crystal structure of NaCl, graphite and diamond

Chemical Thermodynamics and its Applications:
First law of Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic quantities (w, q, ΔU and ΔH) for isothermal and adiabatic reversible expansion of ideal gases, Kirchoff's relations, Joule effect, Joule-Thomson effect, Joule-Thomson coefficient of real (van der Waals) gases.
Second Law of Thermodynamics, Carnot cycle, concept of entropy and its physical significance, entropy changes for an ideal gas, entropy changes at constant pressure and volume, entropy change in spontaneous processes, free energy and maximum work functions, conditions for spontaneous changes and equilibrium, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation, Maxwell relations. Statement of third law of Thermodynamics.

 

Instrumentation in Chemical Industry (CHESE 21) 

 

​1. Thermoanalytical methods:
Thermoanalytical methods: thermogravimetry, factors affecting thermogravimetric curves, derivative thermogravimetry (DTG), thermobalance. Applications of thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis (DTA), factors affecting DTA curves, instrumentation, and application of DTA. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), theory, instrumentation, applications of DSC, thermometric titrations, and principal classification.

2. Electrochemical Analysis:
Potentiometry fundamentals, reference electrodes (hydrogen, calomel, silver, and silver chloride electrode).Indicator and ion selective electrode, instrumentation and measurement of cell and emf-conductance and conductometric titrations.

3. Structure Analysis:
Diffraction Techniques: Elementary theory (Neutron. Electron and X-ray diffraction), instrumentation, and applications of X-ray methods (emission, absorption, diffraction, and fluorescence methods). Spectroscopic Techniques: Atomic absorption, Spectroscopy, Atomic emission spectrometry, UV-visible molecular absorption spectrometry, Molecular luminescence spectroscopy (fluorescence, phosphorescence, chemiluminescence).

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Physical Chemistry - II (CHMJ/CHMN 41) 

 

1. Thermodynamics of Solutions: Partial molal quantities, chemical potential of a mixture of ideal gases, Gibbs-Duhem equation, chemical potential of real gases and fugacity, activity and activity coefficient, variation of fugacity with temperature and pressure, Lewis-Randall rule, thermodynamic functions of mixing (ΔGmix, ΔSmix, ΔVmix, ΔHmix) , ideal solutions and their characteristic properties, Duhem-Margules equation and its applications, Henry and Raoults laws, thermodynamics of colligative properties,
relative lowering of vapour pressure, freezing point depression, elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure, vant Hoff equation, measurement of osmotic pressure and determination of molecular weight of macromolecules.

2. Surface and Photochemistry: Langmuir adsorption isotherm, Multi-layer adsorption-BET equation (no derivation) and its application to surface area measurements; Gibbs Adsorption isotherm, surface reactions: kinetics of unimolecular surface reactions, inhibition and activation energy, nature of surface. Enzyme kinetics (Michaelis-Menten equation), Photochemical reactions: quantum efficiency, reasons for low and high quantum efficiency, kinetics of photochemical reactions: decomposition of HI, H2-Br2 reaction, photostationary state: dimerisation of anthracene, Stern-Volmer relation.

3. Nuclear Chemistry:

Radioactivity: general characteristics of radioactive decay kinetics, artificial radioactivity, detection and measurement of radioactivity: GM counter. Nuclear Reactions: Types of nuclear reactions, conservation of linear momentum and mass- energy in nuclear reactions, nuclear reaction cross section. Compound nucleus theory and its experimental verification.

Radio chemistry: Probing by isotopes, preparation of radioisotopes, radiochemical principles in use of tracers, some typical applications: chemical, physicochemical and analytical applications, age determination.
Radiation Chemistry: Interaction ofnuclear radiations with matter- charged particle, neutrons and gamma rays. Radiolysis of water and aqueous solutions, radiation dosimetry.

 

Old Syllabus

PG Teaching (CHM402)

• Partition function: Rotational, vibrational, translational, electronic and nuclear partition functions, application of partition functions to the specific heat of solids and chemical equilibrium. 

• Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions: Einstein condensation, thermodynamic properties of ideal BE gas, degenerate Fermi gas, application of FD statistics to electron gas in metals.

 

UG Teaching CHB 301 (B): Physical Chemistry-II 

• Electrochemistry: Migration of ions: transference number and their determination (Hittorf method), molar and equivalent conductances and their measurements, Kohlrausch law of independent migration of ions, ionic mobilities, conductance measurements and applications to conductometric titrations, acid dissociation constant and solubility product determination. Free energy change and emf of cells, Nernst equation, single electrode potentials, reference electrodes (SHE, calomel, silver-silver chloride electrodes), emf measurements, potentiometric titrations (acid-base, redox), buffer solutions, pH determination using quinhydrone and glass electrodes, concentration cells, liquid junction potential, acid-base indicators, indicator constant.

• Phase Equilibria: Thermodynamics of phase transition, Clapeyron-Clausius equation, phase rule, phase diagrams of one-component (water) and two component (phenol-water & Pb-Ag) systems, distribution law, application to cases for dissociation and association, determination of equilibrium constant (KI + I2 = KI3).

• Solid State: Crystal lattices, space lattice, unit cell, crystal systems, the law of rational indices, Miller indices, Bragg’s equation, the crystal structure of NaCl, graphite, and diamond, Schottky and Frankel defects.

 

UG Teaching CHB 504 (thermodynamics in solution)

Thermodynamics of Solutions: Partial molal quantities, chemical potential of a mixture of ideal gases, Gibbs-Duhem equation, chemical potential of real gases and fugacity, activity and activity coefficient, variation of fugacity with temperature and pressure, Lewis-Randall rule, thermodynamic functions of mixing (ΔGmix, ΔSmix, ΔVmix, ΔHmix) , ideal solutions and their characteristic properties, Duhem-Margules equation and its applications, Henry and Raoults laws, thermodynamics of colligative properties,relative lowering of vapour pressure, freezing point depression, elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure, vant Hoff equation, measurement of osmotic pressure and determination of molecular weight of macromolecules.

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UG Teaching CHB 505 (B): Nuclear Chemistry  

• Radiochemistry:  Probing by isotopes, preparation of radioisotopes, radiochemical principles in use of tracers, some typical applications: chemical, physicochemical and analytical applications, age determination. 

• Radiation Chemistry: Interaction of nuclear radiations with matter- charged particle, neutrons, and gamma rays. Radiolysis of water and aqueous solutions, radiation dosimetry.  

 

CHP102:  Section: B Techniques for Materials Characterization 

        Basic theory, instrumentation and analytical applications of the following methods

• X-ray diffraction methods (powder method)

• Thermoanalytical methods (TGA, DSC, DTA)

• Microscopic methods (Polarized optical microscope, SEM, TEM, AFM)

• Surface Properties (XPS, BET) 

• Mechanical Properties (DMA)

•  Rheological properties (Viscometer, Rheometer)

• Electrical properties (Conductivity, Cyclic Voltammetry).