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The document outlines the syllabus for Physical Chemistry - II, covering the following topics in 7 sections: 1. Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis, including rate of reactions, reaction orders, and theories of chemical kinetics. 2. Electrochemistry I, covering electrical transport and conductivity measurements. 3. Electrochemistry II, including electrode reactions, cell potentials, and applications. 4. Physical properties related to molecular structure such as dipole moments. 5. Photochemistry principles including photochemical and radiation processes. 6. Spectroscopy fundamentals and applications to rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectroscopy. 7. Solution properties and colligative properties including vapor

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The document outlines the syllabus for Physical Chemistry - II, covering the following topics in 7 sections: 1. Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis, including rate of reactions, reaction orders, and theories of chemical kinetics. 2. Electrochemistry I, covering electrical transport and conductivity measurements. 3. Electrochemistry II, including electrode reactions, cell potentials, and applications. 4. Physical properties related to molecular structure such as dipole moments. 5. Photochemistry principles including photochemical and radiation processes. 6. Spectroscopy fundamentals and applications to rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectroscopy. 7. Solution properties and colligative properties including vapor

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p Institute for Excellence in Higher Education (IEHE), Bhopal

B.Sc. (Honours): PART-III Semester: VI


SUBJECT: Chemistry PAPER: Honours-II/Subsidiary
Title: Physical Chemistry – II
Maximum Marks:100

SYLLABUS
I. Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis:
Chemical kinetics and its scope, rate of a reaction, factors influencing the rate of a
reaction – concentration, temperature, pressure, solvent, light, catalyst.
Concentration dependence of rates, Mathematical characteristics of simple chemical
reactions – Zero order, first order, second order, pseudo order, half-life and mean
life. Determination of the order of reaction-differential method, method of
integration, method of half-life period and isolation method.
Radioactive decay as a first order phenomena. Experimental methods of chemical
kinetics, conductometric, potentiometric, optical methods, polarimetry and
spectrophotometer.
Theories of chemical kinetics: Effect of temperatures on rate of reaction, Arrhenius
equation, concept of activation energy, simple collision theory based on hard sphere
model, transition state theory (equilibrium hypothesis). Expression for the rate
constant based on equilibrium constant and Thermodynamic aspects. Catalysis,
characteristics of catalyzed reactions, classification of catalysts miscellaneous
examples.

II. Electro Chemistry – I


Electrical transport - conduction in metals and in electrolyte solutions, specific
conductance and equivalent conductance, measurement of equivalent conductance,
variation of equivalent and specific conductance with dilution.
Debye Huckel - Onsager’s equation for strong electrolytes (elementary treatments
only). Transport number, Its definition and determination by Hittorf method and
moving boundary method.
Application of conductivity measurement, determination of degree of dissociation,
determination of Ka of acids, determination of solubility product of a sparingly
soluble salt, conductometric titrations.

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III.Electrochemistry-II:
Types of reversible electrodes - gas-metal ion, metal-metal ion, metal-insoluble salt-
anion and redox electrodes. Electrode reactions, Nernst equation, derivation of cell
EMF and single electrode potential, standard hydrogen electrode – reference
electrodes - Standard electrode potential, Sign conventions, electrochemical series
and its significance. Electrolyte and Galvanic cells: reversible and irreversible cells,
conventional representation of electrochemical cells.
EMF of a cell and its measurements. Computation of cell EMF. Calculation of
Thermodynamic quantities of cell reactions (G, H and K), polarization, over
potential and hydrogen over voltage.
Concentration cell with and without transport, liquid junction potential, application
of concentration cells, valency of ions, solubility product and activity coefficient,
potentiometric titrations.
Definition of pH and pKaDetermination of pH using hydrogen, quinhydrone and
glass electrodes by potentiometric methods.
Buffers: Mechanism of buffer action, Henderson-Hessel batch equation. Hydrolysis
of salts.
Corrosion: Types, theories and methods of combating it.

IV. Physical Properties and Molecular Structure:


Optical activity, polarization – (ClausiusMossotti equation), Orientation of dipoles in
an electric field, dipole moment, induced dipole moment, measurement of dipole
moment – temperature method and refractivity methods, dipole moment and
structure of molecules, magnetic properties, Paramagnetism, diamagnetism and
ferromagnetism.

V. Photochemistry:
Introduction of radiation with matter, difference between thermal and photochemical
process, Laws of photochemistry: Grothus-Drapper Law, Stark – Einstein Law,
Jablonski diagram depicting various process occuring in the excited state, qualitative
description of fluorescence, phosphorescence, non-radiative process (internal
conversion, intersystem crossing) quantum yield, photosensitized reaction, energy
transfer process (Simple examples).

VI. Spectroscopy:
Introduction, electromagnetic radiation, regions of the spectrum, basic features of
different spectrometers, statement of the Born Oppenheimer approximation, degrees
of freedom.
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Rotational spectrum: Diatomic molecules, Energy levels of a rigid rotor (semi


classical principles), selection rules, spectral intensity, distribution using population
distribution (Maxwell Bottzmann distribution) determination of bond length,
qualitative description of non-rigid rotor, isotope effect.
Vibrational Spectrum: Infrared spectrum, Energy levels of simple harmonic
oscillator, selection rules, pure vibrational spectrum, intensity, determination of force
constant and qualitative relation of force constant and bond energies, effect of
anharmonic motion and isotope on the spectrum, idea of vibrational frequencies of
different functional groups.
Raman spectrum: Concept of polarizability, pure rotational and pure vibrational
Raman spectra of diatomic molecules, selection rules.
Electronic spectrum: Concept of potential energy curves for bonding and
antibonding molecular orbitals, qualitative description of selection rules and Franck
Condon principle.
Qualitative description of ,  and  M.O., their energy levels and the respective
transitions.

VII. Solution, Dilute Solution and Colligative Properties


Ideal and non-ideal solutions, methods of expressing concentrations of solutions,
activity and activity co-efficient, Dilute solutions, colligative properties, Raoult’s
Law, relative lowering of vapour pressure, molecular weight determination.
Osmosis, Law of osmotic pressure and its measurement, determination of molecular
weight from osmotic pressure. Elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing
point Thermodynamic derivation of relation between molecular weight and elevation
in boiling point and depression in freezing point, Experimental methods for
determining various colligative properties Abnormal molar mass, degree of
dissociation and association of solutes.

Reference Books:
1. Singh N.B., Physical Chemistry, Dominant Publication
2. Laidler Keith J., Chemical Kinetics, Pearson Education Publication
3. Berry R.Stephan, Physical Chemistry, Oxford Press Publication
4. Yadav J.B., Physical Chemistry, GoelPublication
5. Raj Gurdeep, Advanced Physical Chemistry, Krishna Prakashan
6. Laidler J. Keith, Physical Chemistry, CBS publication
7. Castellan GilbertW., Physical Chemistry, Narosa publication

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