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Syllabus For The M.SC Chemistry Entrance Examination
Syllabus For The M.SC Chemistry Entrance Examination
I. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Basic principles and applications of quantum mechanics: particle in one dimensional box,
hydrogen atom, angular momentum.
Chemical kinetics: order, molecularity, methods to determine order of reaction using
integrated rate equation, zero, first, second and half integral order reactions, determining
the order- graphical method, half-life method, differential method, effect of temperature
on reaction rate, Arrhenius equation, related numericals.
Basics of atomic structure: electronic configuration, shapes of orbitals, hydrogen atom
spectra.
Electrolytic conductance: Electrolytic conductance, specific and equivalent conductance,
variation of equivalent conductance with concentration, Kohlrausch’s law and its
applications.
Thermodynamics: Zero, first, second and third law of thermodynamics- enthalpy, entropy,
free energy and their dependence on pressure and temperature.
Surface Chemistry: adsorption, physisorption and chemisorption, Freundlich and Langmuir
adsorption isotherms, surface area determination.
Phase rule: Definitions, Gibb’s phase rule, one component system (moderate pressure
only) for sulphur and water system, two component system for silver-lead and zinc-
cadmium.
Nuclear chemistry: The atom, nucleus and outer sphere, classification of nuclides, nuclear
stability and binding energy, discovery of radioactivity, types of radioactivity, general
characteristics of radioactive decay and decay kinetics, measurements radioactivity,
gaseous ion collection method, proportional and G.M. counter, applications of
radioactivity.
Crystal structure: Crystallization and fusion process, crystallography, crystal systems,
properties of crystals, crystal lattice and unit cell, crystal structure analysis by X ray, The
Laue’s method and Bragg’s method, X-ray analysis of NaCl crystal system, calculation of d
and λ for a crystal system.
Electrochemical cells: Reversible and irreversible cells, EMF and its measurements,
standard cells, cell reaction and EMF, single electrode potential and its calculation,
calculation of cell EMF, thermodynamics of cell EMF, types of electrodes, classification of
electrochemical cells with and without transference.
Photochemistry: Introduction, thermal reactions and photochemical reactions, laws of
photochemistry, quantum yield, measurement of quantum yield, types of photochemical
reactions, photosynthesis, photolysis, photocatalysis, photosensitization, photophysical
process, fluorescence, phosphorescence, quenching, chemiluminescence.