DetailContents ofCHEM-101 Syllabus (Section B-Physical Chemistry)

Recommended Book: Essentials of Physical Chemistry by Bhal and Tuli

Lecturer Mohebul Ahsan

Solution and their classification, unit expressing concentration (Chapter: Solutions)

o Percent by weight. Mole fraction, Molarity, Molality. Normality
o Types of solutions: Classify solutions on the basis of physical states, solubility, nature and
SIZe

o Colloids, Suspension, Lyophilic and Lyophobic colloids

o Definition: Solubility, Saturated solution, Supersaturated solution, Solvation
Effect of Temperature and Pressure on Solubility, Henrys Law and Limitations

o Solubility curve, Types of Solubility Curve

o Numericals related to Molarity, Normality, Partial pressure, Henry law
Colligative properties of dilute solution (Chapter: Theory of dilute solutions)

Definition: Colligative properties

weight and
Lowering of the Vapour Pressure: Raoult's law, Calculation of molecular
deviation of Raoult's law
calculation of molecular weight
o Elevation of the Boiling Point: Derivation with graph,
calculation of molecular weight
o Depression of the Freezing Point: Derivation with graph,
osmosis, Water Desalination,
o Osmotic Pressure: Osmosis and Osmotic pressure, Reverse
Van't Hoff equation (Chapter:
Effect of temperature and pressure on osmotic pressure,
Osmosis and Osmotic pressure, page: 594)
molecular weight from elevation of
o Numericals related to Raoult's law, calculation of
boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmoticpressure
Thermochemistry (Chapter: Thermochemistry)

and Endothermic reactions

o Enthalpy, Internal energy, Exothermic
Kirchoffsequations
AH = AE + An*RT, what is C and Cy,
application, heat
formation, heat of combustion and its
o Heat of formation, standard heat of base, heat of
why it is constant for strong acid and
of solution, heat of neutralization and
of sublimation
fusion, heat of vapourisation, heat
summation and its application
o Hess's law of constant heat
calculation of AH, AE (using AH =
AE+ An*RT) and Hess's law
o Numericals related to
Kinetics)
Chemical Kinetics (Chapter: Chemical
Differences
Molecularity of a reaction,
laws, Order of a reaction
o Reaction rate, Rate rare?
between order and molecularity,
why high molecularity reactions are
derivation
Pseudo-order reactions, Zero order reaction:
characteristics
rate equation, half-life,
First order reactions: Integrated characteristics
Integrated rate cquation, half-life,
o Second order reactions:

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 Methods of detennining the order of areaction: 1. Graphical method, 2. Using half-ife
period, 3. The differential method 4. Integrated rate equation 5. Ostwald's isolation method
o Collision theory of reaction rates: Postulates and limitations, Collision theory and reaction
rate expression, Activation energy
Transition state theory: Postulates
o Effect of temperature on reaction rate: how to determine the activation energy fron
Arhenius equation
o Numericals related to 1$t and 2nd order reaction, Activation energy

Chemical Equilibrium (Chapter: Chemical Equilibrium)

o Reversible reactions, characteristics of chemical equilibrium, Law of mass action,
Equilibrium constant: equilibrium law
o Equilibrium constant expression in terms of partial pressures, how Ke and Kp are related?
Thermodynamic derivation of law of chemical equilibrium (AG = AG +RTInK)
o Temperature dependence of equilibrium constant (Van't Hoffs Equation)
o Lechatelier's principle and application in ammonia synthesis reaction
Common ion effect (Chapter: lonic equilibria solubility product, page: 915)
o Numericals related to K¢ and Kp, Van't Hoff's Equation, Equilibrium concentration

Electrochemistry (Chapter: electrolysis and electrical conductance &Theory of

Electrolytic Dissociation)

o Definitions: Electrolytes, Electrolysis, Electrolytic cell, Types of Cel, Anode, Cathode.

Mechanism of electrolysis with half-cell reaction, Faraday's 1" and 2nd law, Conductor.
Non-Conductor, Salt Bridge, Fuel Cell

Conductance of electrolytes, Specific conductance, Equivalent conductance, Molar

conductance, Variation of equivalent conductance with concentration-strong and weak
electrolyte case,
o Applications of Electrochemistry
o Transport Number, Kohlrausch's Law and its application
o Numericals related to conductance

Phase Rule (Chapter: Phase Diagram)

Phase, Component
Degrees of Freedom
o Phase rule

Phase diagram (Area, Line, Triple point)

o Phase diagram of one component system

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