Chemical Bonding | Covalent bonds in Carbon, Silicon, and Germanium. Electrovalent, H-bond in HF, water, and ice, Covalent, and coordinate bonds. Classification of solids - crystalline and amorphous. Relationship between structure and properties of crystalline solids namely ionic solids, covalent solids, and molecular solids. |
Atomic Structure | Quantum numbers, Bohr model of the atom, de Broglie wave equation, orbit and Orbitals, Aufbau principle, Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity, Pauli’s Exclusion principle, and electronic configuration of elements. Concept of hybridization sp3, sp2, sp and shape of molecules. Mass number, isotopes, Definition of Atomic number, isotones, and isobars. |
Oxidation, Reduction, Electrochemistry | Oxidation and Reduction by electronic concept, Arrhenius theory, Redox Titration, balancing chemical equations by ion-electron method, Electrolysis, Faraday’s Laws, electrolysis of CuSO4 solution using Pt-electrode and Cu-electrode. Application of electrolysis such as Electroplating, Electrochemical Cells, Secondary Cell-lead storage cell, Electro-refining and Electrotyping, Primary cell-dry- Dry Cell, and Electrochemical series. |
Acids, Bases & Salts | Acids, Bases, and Salts (Arrhenius and Lewis concept). Mole concept, Avogadro number, weight, and volume relations. Acidity, basicity, neutralization reaction, hydrolysis of Salts. Indicators and choice of indicator, principles of acidimetry and alkalimetry. Buffer Solubility product principle. Common ion effect with relation to group analysis. Equivalent Weight of acids, bases, & salts; strength of solution- normality, molarity, molality, formality, and percentage strength, standard solution- primary and secondary standards, concept of pH, and pH scale. |
Metallurgy | Minerals, Ores, Gangue, Flux, Slag, General method of extraction of metals concerning Iron, copper, and Aluminium. Definition of Alloy, purposes of making Alloy, Composition, and uses of alloys such as brass, bronze, German silver, duralumin, nichrome, bell metal, gunmetal, Monel metal, alnico, Dutch metal, babbitt metal, stainless steel. Amalgams, properties, and uses of cast iron, wrought iron, steel, and sponge iron. Uses of different alloy steels. |
Chemical Equilibrium | Reversible and irreversible reactions, exothermic and endothermic reactions, chemical equilibrium, Le Chatelier’s Industrial preparation of Ammonia by Haber’s Process, Nitric acid by Ostwald’s process, and Sulphuric acid by Contact Process. Catalyst and catalysis. |
Organic Chemistry | Uses of Benzene, Naphthalene and phenol. Classification, Organic compounds, Homologous series, Functional groups, Properties and preparation of Methane, Isomerism, Ethylene and Acetylene, Methylated spirit, Rectified spirit, Power alcohol, and Proof spirit. |
Water | Ion-exchange process, phosphate conditioning, and Calgon treatment. Soft and Hard water, the action of soap on water, causes of hardness, units of hardness, types of Hardness, disadvantages of using hard water, estimation of total hardness by EDTA method, removal of hardness by Permutit process. |