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Course Detail

Course Name Physical Sciences Lab
Course Code 25PHY184
Program B.Sc. (Honours) in Microbiology and lntegrated Systems Biology
Semester 2
Credits 2
Campus Amritapuri

Syllabus

Theory

List of experiments 

  • Solution preparation Acid-base titration
  • Determination of Hardness in a water sample
  • Determination of alkalinity in a water sample
  • EMF measurement
  • Organic functional group identification
  • Determination of Viscosity of organic solvents
  • To study the effect of urea on the viscosity of diastase using Ostwald viscometer
  • Measurement of heat changes using calorimeter
  • Measurement of conductance of a given solution and the factors affecting it
  • Determination of Specific rotation of glucose using polarimeter

Objectives and Outcomes

Students will get the chance to revise the fundamental concepts like viscosity of liquid, conductivity, heat transfer and specific rotation of glucose. Students will get the chance to revise the fundamental concepts like viscosity of liquid, conductivity, heat transfer and specific rotation of glucose.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completing the course, students shall be able to 

CO1: To identify different types of hardness, alkalinity and its estimation based on complexometric titration.

CO2: To gain practical knowledge in differentiating various organic functional groups

CO3: To summarize the viscosity and specific rotation of glucose and there by demonstrate the importance of viscometer and polarimeter.

CO4: To compare the calorimeter and the conductivity meter for the heat changes and conductivity measurements of solutions.

Text Books / References

  • Advanced practical physical chemistry Yadav J.B., Goel Publications (2008).
  • James Brierley Firth, Practical physical chemistry
  • Quantitative Analysis in Chemistry Vogel, Pearson; 5th edition (2006).

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