CHEM-425 GASES, CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM & SURFACE CHEMISTRY-

  1. Gases:- Gas laws and kinetic theory of gases, Critical constants and their determination, specific heat ratio, Vander waals equation of stale, other equations of state e.g. Berthelot and Dieterici principles of corresponding states, Qualitative treatment of Maxwell law Distribution of velocities.
  2. Chemical Equilibrium:- Law of mmass action, Significance of equilibrium constant, Relation between Kp and Kc, application in homogeneous and heterogeneous equlibria, Le-chatier’s principle and its application to chemical equilibrium.
  3. Surface Phenomenon:- Physical and chemical adsorption, Freundlich, Langmur and Gibbs Absorption isotherm, B.E.T. Theory.