Course

Summary

1. Construction of phase diagram for three component system.
2. Determination of equilibrium constant of the reaction, KI + I2 = KI3 by partition method.
3. Determination of molecular weight of poly vinyl alcohol by viscosity method
4. Determination of energy of activation of acidic hydrolysis of methyl acetate.
5. Kinetic study of the second order reaction between potassium persulphate and potassium iodide.
6. Determination of equivalent conductance at infinite dilution of weak electrolytes.
7. Determine the acid and basic dissociation constants of an amino acid, and hence the isoelectric point of the acid pHmetrically.
8. Ostwald’s dilution law: Dissociation constant of acetic acid conductometrically
9. Determination of solubility product and solubility of silver chloride potentiometrically using concentration cell.
10. Determination of strength of a given dibasic acid by conductometric titration.Study the alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate conductometrically.
11. To determine the amount of Fe (III) present in the given solution by using salicylic acid by colorimetrictitration (Static method) at λ = 525 nm.
12. Determination of order of reaction for ion exchange reaction.
13. Extraction efficiency of solute from a solution by immiscible solvent method
14. Determination of the formation constant of silver-ammonia complex and stoichiometry of the complex potentiometerically.
15. Determination of flash point, fire point of a lubricant.

1. CO01: Interpret phase equilibrium and distribution studies by constructing phase diagrams of multicomponent systems.
2. CO02: Determine partition-based equilibrium constants and extraction efficiency.
3. CO03: Calculate key kinetic and thermodynamic parameters experimentally, such as reaction order, rate constants, activation energy, formation constants and equilibrium constants, using appropriate data treatment and graphical methods.
4. CO04: Apply instrumental and electroanalytical techniques to estimate physicochemical properties e.g., molecular weight, solubility product, dissociation constants, equivalent conductance, and flash/fire points with proper accuracy and error analysis

Textbooks

1. Alexander Findlay, ‘Practical physical chemistry’, 9^th edition, Wiley, 1972.
2. C. Das and B. Behera, ‘Experimental Physical Chemistry’, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1983.

References

1. B. Yadav, ‘Advanced Practical Physical Chemistry’, Krishna Prakashan Media, 29^th edition, 2010.
2. Francis William Gray,‘A Manual of Practical Physical Chemistry’ Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914.