- States of Matter: Gases; Introduction; Law of equipartition of energy; Collision diameter; Collision number; Collision frequency and mean free path;
- Viscosities of gases; Measurements; Effect of temperature and pressure on viscosities of gasses;
- Critical phenomenon of gases and experimental determination of Pc; Vc and Tc;
- The Joule-Thomson Experiment;
- Liquefying Gases Using an Isoenthalpic Expansion.
- Kinetic theory of Gases:
- Maxwell distribution law of molecular velocities;
- Derivation of most probable; Mean and root mean square velocities;
- Transport properties; Effect of altitude; Molar mass and temperature on vertical distribution of particle;
- Liquids: The properties of liquids like surface tension;
- Viscosity; Refractive index and dipole moment;
- Parachor, Reheochor and molar refraction as additive and constitutive properties;
- Measurement of refractive index and dipole moment;
- Solids: Symmetry operations and Bravis lattices;
- Thermal Conduction. Ionic Conduction;
- Concept of X-Ray diffraction; Bragg’s equation and crystal structure analysis;
- Crystal structure of metallic solids; Ionic solids; Molecular solids and covalent networks;
- Heat capacities of solids.
- Chemical Equilibrium Basic concepts;
- Law of mass action,
- relationship between different equilibrium constants ,
- homogenous and heterogeneous equilibria,
- Le-Chatelier’s principle,
- Gibbs energies of formation and calculations of equilibrium constants,
- effect of temperature and pressure on the equilibrium constants/compositions,
- van’t Hoff equation;
- Equilibria Involving Ideal Gases and Solid or Liquid Phases;
