Engineering Chemistry I

			Overview
			In this course on Engineering Chemistry 1 you are introduced to the central concepts in physical chemistry which are used not only in understanding the other branches of chemistry, but also useful in getting more detailed and microscopic insights in Biology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, Medicine and Engineering. The course has been divided into several modules. Modules 1 and 2 deal with atomic and molecular structures and intermolecular forces.
			Molecular spectroscopy is described in Module 3. Module 4 is a study of crystalline solids. Thermodynamics and electrochemistry are the subject matter of Module 5. Modules 6 and 7 explore the subject of chemical kinetics and dynamics. Module 8 discusses adsorption phenoma. The final module (Module 9) contains some of the common experimental methods used in studying physical chemistry. These lectures are self contained for more detailed analysis of the subject matter can be found in the references will that are provided at the end of each module.
			Objectives
			Analyse atomic and molecular structure in terms of wavefunctions, charge densities and energy level diagrams. Characterized the structures of diatomics and polyatomics in terms of molecular orbitals and relate intermolecular forces to the structure of liquids.	Course Faculty: Prof. B. L. Tembe email : bltembe@chem.iitb.ac.in Click here to know more about the faculty
			Obtain quantitative information about energy levels through molecular spectroscopic methods such as electronic, vibrational, rotational and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrocopies.
			Obtain the lattice structure of crystalline solids through diffraction methods and rationalise the band structure of solids.
			Relate thermodynamic functions such as energy entropy, free energy and equilibrium constants to fungacities and activities and relate equilibrium electrochemistry to thermodynamics.
			Relate emperical rate constants of chemical reactions to molecular processes such as molecular collisions and to the potential energy surfaces between the reactants.
			Quantify adsorption phenomena through adsorption isotherms.
			Outline the steps and procedures in a few common experiments in chemical equilibria and kinetics.