Course

‘Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry – Practical’ is a course offered in the first year of Pharm. D. program at School of Pharmacy, Health Sciences campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Course Duration: 3 Hrs./Week

List of Experiments:

1. Limit test (6 exercises)
   1. Limit test for chlorides
   2. Limit test for sulphates
   3. Limit test for iron
   4. Limit test for heavy metals
   5. Limit test for arsenic
   6. Modified limit tests for chlorides and sulphates
2. Assays (10 exercises)
   1. Ammonium chloride- Acid-base titration
   2. Ferrous sulphate- Cerimetry
   3. Copper sulpahte- Iodometry
   4. Calcilugluconate- Complexometry
   5. Hydrogen peroxide – Permanganometry
   6. Sodium benzoate – Nonaqueous titration
   7. Sodium chloride – Modified volhard’s method
   8. Assay of KI – KIO3 titration
   9. Gravimetric estimation of barium as barium sulphate
   10. Sodium antimony gluconate or antimony potassium tartarate
3. Estimation of mixture (Any two exercises)
   1. Sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate
   2. Boric acid and Borax
   3. Oxalic acid and sodium oxalate
4. Test for identity (Any three exercises)
   1. Sodium bicorbonate
   2. Barium sulphate
   3. Ferrous sulphate
   4. Potassium chloride
5. Test for purity (Any two exercises)
   1. Swelling power in Bentonite
   2. Acid neutralising capacity in aluminium hydroxide gel
   3. Ammonium salts in potash alum
   4. Adsorption power heavy Kaolin
   5. Presence of Iodates in KI
6. Preparations (Any two exercises)
   1. Boric acids
   2. Potash alum
   3. Calcium lactate
   4. Magnesium suphate

Scheme of Practical Examination:

Note : Total sessional marks is 30 (20 for practical sessional plus 10 marks for regularity, promptness, viva-voce and record maintenance).