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Hii sir, I Wants to get the Syllabus of the Subject PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY of the B.tech Chemical Engineering of the NIT Calicut ?

[Vishal Kotkar]

National Institute of Technology Calicut, formerly the Calicut Regional Engineering College, is a federally funded technical university and an institute of national importance governed by an act passed by the Parliament of India.


PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Module 1: Chemical Kinetics (12 hours)
Arrhenius theory – determination of Arrhenius parameters, collision theory of bimolecular gas phase reactions, derivation of rate equation, collision theory of unimolecular reactions, Lindeman’s equation, Hinshelwood’s modification, transition theory, Eyring’s equation, comparison of the theories, kinetics of opposing, consecutive, parallel reactions (first order examples), chain reactions, H2, Cl2& H2-Br2 reaction, steady state approximation, branching chain – H2 + O2 reaction, explosion limits, kinetics of reaction in solution – role of solvent – primary and
secondary salt effects, mechanism of heterogeneous catalysis, enzyme catalysis, MichaelisMenten theory, Koshland’s induced fit model.

Module 2: Chemical thermodynamics (10 hours)
Concept of free energy and entropy, conditions for spontaneity of process, conditions for equilibrium, derivation of law of chemical equilibrium from thermodynamics , van’t Hoff reaction isotherm, study of dissociation equilibria PCl5→ PCl3 + Cl2, degree of dissociation from density measurements, thermodynamics of dilute
solutions, derivation of depression of freezing point and elevation of boiling point from thermodynamical consideration , lowering of vpor pressure and osmotic pressure, van’t Hoff’s laws of osmotic pressure, van’t Hoff theory of dilute solution, association and dissociation of solutes – van’t Hoff’s factor phase rule, definition giving examples, derivation from thermo dynamics, simple eutectic system.

Module 3: Electrochemistry (10 hours)
Debye Huckel theory of strong electrolytes (derivation of equation not required), Debye Huckel limiting law, ionic strength theory of conductometric titrations, thermodynamics of cell reactions, enthalpy – entropy, free energy
changes from emf of cells, Nernst equation, potentiometric titration – theory, electrode kinetics, structure of electrode surface, Helmholts Perrin, Guoy – Chapman and Stern models, Butter – Volmer and Tafel equations,
polarography – half wave potential, diffusion current, DME, Ilkovic equation – analytical applications.

Module 4: Chemistry of surfaces (10 hours)
Adsorption – Langmuir adsorption isotherm, BET equation, Gibbs adsorption isotherm, reactions at surfaces, unimolecular and bimolecular reactions, Langmuir Himshelwood mechanism, colloidal surfactants – classification anionic, cationic and non-inorganic surfactants, micelles, structure, CMC determination, stabilizing action of surfactants, sol-gel transformations, emulsions – applications of colloidal surfactants.

Syllabus of B.tech Chemical Engineering of the NIT Calicut







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