CHEM-532 THERMODYNAMICS –I & IONIC EQUILIBRIUM-

1st Law of Thermodynamics- Thermodynamics terms, statement of law, thermodynamics reversibility and maximum work, enthalpy of the system, heat capacity at constant volume and as constant pressure, Extensive and intensive properties, state functions cyclic rule, temperature and volume, enthalpy as a function of temperature and pressure, Joule-Thomson effect.

Theromchemistry- Heat of reaction, formation, combustion and neutralization, Hess’s law and its application, Kirchoffs’s equation, bond energy and resonance energy.

Kinetics of Catalysed Reaction- Kinetics of homogenous acid-base catalysis, enzyme catalsis, negative catalysis and inhibition, Kinetics of gaseous reaction on solid surface, Uni and biomolecular surface reaction, Effect of temperature on surface reaction, Primary salt effect.

Ionic Equilibrium- Concept of acids and bases and their relative strength, Bronsted and Lewis acids and bases, pH and pKa, acid-base concept in non aqueous media, buffer solutions, Theory of acid-base indicators, Salt hydrolysis, Solubility product.