CHECK SYLLABUS:
MODULE 1:
Electrochemistry and Corrosion
1.1 Introduction – Differences between electrolytic and electrochemical cells- Daniel cell – redox reactions – cell representation. Different types of electrodes (brief) – Reference electrodes- SHE – Calomel electrode – Glass Electrode – Construction and Working.
1.2 Single electrode potential – definition – Helmholtz electrical double layer – Determination of E0 using calomel electrode. Determination of pH using glass electrode. Electrochemical series and its applications. Free energy and EMF – Nernst Equation – Derivation – single electrode and cell (Numericals) -Application -Variation of emf with temperature.
1.3 Potentiometric titration – Introduction -Redox titration only. Lithiumion cell – construction and working. Conductivity- Measurement of conductivity of a solution (Numericals).
1.4 Corrosion-Electrochemicalcorrosion – mechanism. Galvanic series- cathodic protection – electroless plating –Copper and Nickel plating.
MODULE 2:
Spectroscopic Techniques and Applications
2.1 Introduction- Types of spectrum – electromagnetic spectrum – molecular energy levels – Beer Lambert’s law (Numericals).
2.2 UV-Visible Spectroscopy – Principle – Types of electronic transitions – Energy level diagram of ethane, butadiene, benzene and hexatriene. Instrumentation of UV-Visible spectrometer and applications.
2.3 IR-Spectroscopy – Principle – Number of vibrational modes -Vibrational energy states of a diatomic molecule and -Determination of force constant of diatomic molecule (Numericals) –Applications.
2.4 1H NMR spectroscopy – Principle – Relation between field strength and frequency – chemical shift – spin-spin splitting (spectral problems ) – coupling constant (definition) – applications of NMR- including MRI (brief).
MODULE 3:
3.1 Instrumental Methods and Nanomaterials
Thermal analysis –TGA- Principle, instrumentation (block diagram) and applications – TGA of CaC2O4.H2O and polymers. DTA-Principle, instrumentation (block diagram) and applications – DTA of CaC2O4.H2O.
3.2 Chromatographic methods – Basic principles and applications of column and TLC- Retention factor.
3.3 GC and HPLC-Principle, instrumentation (block diagram) – retention time and applications.
3.4 Nanomaterials – Definition – Classification – Chemical methods of preparation – Hydrolysis and Reduction – Applications of nanomaterials – Surface characterisation -SEM – Principle and instrumentation (block diagram).
MODULE 4:
Stereochemistry and Polymer Chemistry
4.1 Isomerism-Structural, chain, position, functional, tautomerism and matamerism – Definition with examples – Representation of 3D structures-Newman, Sawhorse, Wedge and Fischer projection of substituted methane and ethane.
Stereoisomerism – Geometrical isomerism in double bonds and cycloalkanes (cistrans and E-Z notations).
4.2 R-S Notation – Rules and examples – Optical isomerism, Chirality, Enantiomers and Diastereoisomers-Definition with examples.
4.3 Conformational analysis of ethane, butane, cyclohexane, mono and di methyl substituted cyclohexane.
4.4 Copolymers – Definition – Types – Random, Alternating, Block and Graft copolymers – ABS – preparation, properties and applications. Kevlar-preparation, properties and applications. Conducting polymers – Doping -Polyaniline and Polypyrrole – preparation properties and applications. OLED – Principle, construction and advantages.
MODULE 5:
Water Chemistry and Sewage Water Treatment
5.1 Water characteristics – Hardness – Types of hardness- Temporary and Permanent – Disadvantages of hard water -Units of hardness- ppm and mg/L -Degree of hardness (Numericals) – Estimation of hardness-EDTA method (Numericals).
Water softening methods-Ion exchange process-Principle, procedure and advantages. Reverse osmosis – principle, process and advantages.
5.2 Municipal water treatment (brief) – Disinfection methods – chlorination, ozone and UV irradiation.
5.3 Dissolved oxygen (DO) -Estimation (only brief procedure-Winkler’s method), BOD and COD definition, estimation (only brief procedure) and significance (Numericals).
5.4 Sewage water treatment – Primary, Secondary and Tertiary – Flow diagram – Trickling filter and UASB process.