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Ionic Equilibrium

<ul>
	<li>classify the substances into acids and bases based on Arrhenius, Lowry – Bronsted and Lewis concepts.</li>
	<li>defi ne pH scale and establish relationship between pH and pOH</li>
	<li>describe the equilibrium involved in the ionisation of water.</li>
	<li>explain Ostwald’s dilution Law and derive a relationship between the dissociation constant and degree of dissociation of a weak electrolyte.</li>
	<li>recognise the concept of common ion effect and explain buff er action.</li>
	<li>apply Henderson equation for the preparation of buff er solution</li>
	<li>calculate solubility product and understand the relation between solubility and solubility product.</li>
	<li>solve numerical problems involving ionic equilibria.</li>
</ul>

Electro Chemistry

<ul>
	<li>Recognise the conductivity of electrolylic solution</li>
	<li>Defi ne the terms resistivity, conductivity equivalent and molar conductivity</li>
	<li>Explain the variation of conductivity with concentration</li>
	<li>Apply Kohlrausch law to calculate the conductivity of weak electrolyte at infinite dilution.</li>
	<li>Describe an electrochemical cell</li>
	<li>Diff erentiate between an electrochemical and electolylic cell</li>
	<li>Represent a galvanic cell using IUPAC cell notation</li>
	<li>Derive Nernst equation and apply it to calculate Ecell.</li>
	<li>Define Faraday’s Law of electrolysis</li>
	<li>Describe the construction of batteries</li>
	<li>Explain corrosion as an electrochemical process.</li>
</ul>

Surface Chemistry

<ul>
	<li>classify adsorption.</li>
	<li>distinguish between absorption and adsorption</li>
	<li>explain Freundlich adsorption isotherm</li>
	<li>understand catalysis and the characteristics of catalysts.</li>
	<li>explain the theories of catalysis and enzyme catalysis.</li>
	<li>classify colloids.</li>
	<li>explain the methods of preparation and purifi cation of colloids.</li>
	<li>discuss the properties of colloidal solution.</li>
	<li>explain the role of colloids and emulsions in daily life.</li>
</ul>

Hydroxy Compounds and Ethers

<ul>
	<li> describe the important methods of preparation and reactions of alcohols</li>
	<li>explain the mechanism of Nucleophilic substitution reaction of alcohols and ethers.</li>
	<li>explain the elimination reaction of alcohols.</li>
	<li>describe the preparation and properties of phenols</li>
	<li>discuss the preparation of ethers and explain their chemical reactions.</li>
	<li>recognise the uses of alcohols and ethers</li>
</ul>

Carbonyl Compounds and Carboxylic Acids

<ul>
	<li>describes the important methods of preparation and reactions of Carbonyl compounds</li>
	<li>explains the mechanism of Nucleophilic addition reaction of carbonyl compounds</li>
	<li>describes the preparation and chemical reactions of carboxylic acids and its derivatives</li>
	<li>list the uses of aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids</li>
</ul>

Organic Nitrogen Compounds

<ul>
	<li>understand isomerism in organic nitro compounds</li>
	<li>describe the preparation and properties of nitro compounds</li>
	<li>classify amines as primary, secondary and tertiary</li>
	<li>describe the methods of preparation of amines</li>
	<li>explain the properties of amines</li>
	<li>distinguish between primary, secondary and tertiary amines</li>
	<li>describe the method of preparation of diazonium salts</li>
	<li>explain the preparation and properties of cyanides</li>
</ul>

Biomolecules

<ul>
	<li>Describe the importance of carbohydrates and their classifi cation based on structures/functions.</li>
	<li>Explain the structure of glucose and fructose and their elucidation.</li>
	<li>List the twenty amino acids and explain the peptide bond formation</li>
	<li>Explain the four levels of structure of proteins</li>
	<li>Outline the mechanism of enzyme catalysis</li>
	<li>Summarise the sources and defi ciency diseases of vitamins</li>
	<li>Outline the composition and the structure of nucleic acids.</li>
	<li>Diff erentiate RNA from DNA and explain DNA fi nger printing</li>
	<li>Appreciate the importance of biomolecules in our life</li>
</ul>

Chemistry in Everyday Life

<ul>
	<li>recognize the term drug and chemotherapy</li>
	<li> classify the drugs based on their properties</li>
	<li>describe the drug-target interaction.</li>
	<li>discuss some important classes of drugs.</li>
	<li>explain the chemistry of cleansing agents</li>
	<li>describe the chemicals in food</li>
	<li>explain the important terms in polymer chemistry.</li>
	<li>describe the preparation of some important synthetic polymers</li>
	<li>appreciate the importance of polymers in today life</li>
</ul>