CHEM-416 CHEMICAL KINETICS & ELECTROCHEMISTRY-

1.Chemical Kinetics:- Reaction rate, order and molecularity of reaction, zero, first, second and third order reaction (derivation included), methods for determining the order of reaction, complex reactions, opposing reactions, consecutive reactions and side reactions with reference to first order reactions, Effect of temperature on reaction on reaction velocity, Energy of activation and collision theory.
2.Electrochemistry:- Reversible and irreversible cells, EMF of a cell and free energy change, Nernst’s equation, Equilibrium constant, standard electrode potential, types of reversible electrode, Application of EMF measurements (determination of solubility product, pH, dissociation constant of acids, hydrolysis constant, solubility of sparingly soluble salts.)
3.Colloidal State:- Lyophillic and Lyophobic solution, origin of charge, zeta potential, electrophoresis, electroosmosis, Tyndall effect, coagulation, Hardy Schulze rule, Donnan membrane equilibrium.