ELECTRO CHEMISTRY
Electrolysis- Faraday's law-calculation based on them-their application, conduction in solution, specific, equivalent and molar conductance.
Principle of determination of specific conductance, Variation of conductance with concentration
Electrochemical cells (Elementary idea about Daniel cell only) Electrode potential and electromotive force, Gibb's free energy and cell potential, Redox titration (simple problems)
IONIC EQUILIBRIA
Acids, bases and salts and their dissociation in water, Ostwald's dilution law, Ionic product of water, pH, common-ion effect, solubility product application to analytical work, buffer solution, Mechanism of buffer action, handerson's equation, elementary idea of hydrolysis of salt in water.
Modern theories of acids and bases, Bronsted and Lawry and Lewis theory, Strnght of acids and bases in terms of normality, molarity and molality, Neutralization, Acidimetry and Alkalimentry, calculation based on them. Oxidation-Reduction-Redox equation, ion-electron method of balancing.
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
General characteristic of radioactivity-natural and artificial radio activity, elementary treatment nuclear reactions and equation. Half life period, radio active isotopes-uses.
HYDROGEN
Heavy water production and uses, Hydrogen peroxide-structure, preparation properties and uses, volume strength of H2O2
OXYGEN FAMILY
Ozone-preparation, properties, uses, Sulphuric acid principle, contact process
NITROGEN FAMILY
Artificial fixation of Nitogen/ NH3- manufacture by Haber's process/ Nitric acid preparation from Ammonia, properties/ Oxides of Nitrogen/ Allotropes of Phoshorous, Minerals of Phosphorous/ Orthophosphoric acid
HALOGEN FAMILY
Properties of halogens in the light of the periodic table, Preparation of fluorine and Hydrofluoric acid, Reaction of fluorine, general method of preparation of chlorine, Bromine and iodine, Halogen acids preparation, properties and uses.
NOBLE GASES
Positions in the periodic table, isolation of Argon and uses of noble gases, Compounds of noble gas-Xenon fluorides preparation and properties.
METALS AND METALURGICAL
Operation, Ores, Concentration of ores, General method of extraction of metal, Carbon reduction/ electrolysis/ Self-reduction/ (Examples from sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Tin, Lead and Iron)/ study of important compounds.
Sodium carbonate, Plaster of Paris, Bleaching powder, blue vitriol, green vitriol, white vitriol, alum, borax, white lead, (preparation and uses), Alloys- Brass, Bronze, Solder, Duralumin, Stainless steel, nichrome (composition, use)
CHEMISTRY OF CARBON COMPOUNDS
Hydrocarbon as simplest organic compounds, types of hydrocarbon, homologous series
(a) Alkane, Alkene, Alkyne-study of orbital depiction of methane, ethane, acetylene, IUPAC nomenclature, structural formulae, isomerism, Structural isomerism, general methods of preparation, General properties, substitution reaction, addition reaction and polymerization, elementary idea about steriomerism and elimination reaction.
(b) Arenes, delocalisation of electrons, infenzene, Resonance aromatility idea.
(c) Elementary idea about the following concept-Reactivity of Organic compounds-inductive effect, measometic effect and electromeric effect. Type of organic reagents, nucleophile and electrophile, Reaction intermediates, Carbocation, Carboanion and free radical, Mechanism of electrophile, nucleophilic and free radical substitution reaction (Friedal Craft's alkylation of benzene, alkaline, hydrolysis of bromoethane of chlorination of methane)
DERIVATIVES OF HYDROCARBON
1. Alkyl and aryl halides, General method of preparation and general properties, Chloroform-preparation, properties
2. Oxygen containing organic compounds
Alcohol and phenol-classification, nomenclature, preparation and properties, and general properties, Glycerol-preparation, properties.
Ethers, aldehyde and ketone-preparation and properties, nature of the carbonyl group
Carboxylic acid-preparation, derivatives of carboxylic acids-chlorides, acid anyhydride, ester amides (general study), Oxalic acid.
3. Nitrogen containing compounds: - Aliphatic and aromatic amines, ailine classification, preparation of ethylamine and aniline, properties, Hoffman's reaction
INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY (Chemistry in the service of man)
(a) Manufacture of ammonia and sulphuric acid (contact process) physico-chemical principle only.
(b) Ethyl alcohol-by fermentation of starch
(c) Synthetic polymers-nylon, bakelite, rubber
(d) Chemical fertilizers- Muriate of potash, Potassium nitrate, Urea, super phosphate of lime, ammonium sulphate
(e) Soaps and detergents (details of manufacture not necessary)
(f) Fuels-classification, calorific value, natural gas, water gas, producer gas, LPG, power alcohol, (Petroleum refining, cracking, Octane number and flash point)
BIO-CHEMISTRY
Carbohydrate, Lipids, Vitamins, Hormones, proteins, Nucleic acid definition and importance in living system (no structural formula necessary) vitamins and hormones-sources and functions
Medical compounds:- Antiseptic, Analgesic, antipyretics, antibiotics, anaesthetics, Sulpha drug general idea only
GENERAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Its adverse effect in daily life, green house effect, Ozone layer depletion.