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Engineering ChemistryI (Theory) - Web Course

Faculty Coordinators

Prof. B. L. Tembe

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Email : bltembe@chem.iitb.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-22) 2576 7189, 25767151 (Office)
(91-22) 2576 8189 (Residence)
(91-22) 2576 7152, 25783480 (Fax)

Prof. Kamaluddin

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee, Uttranchal 247 667
Email : kamalfcy@iitr.ernet.in
Telephone : (91-1332) 285796 (Office)
(91-1332) 285146,274473 (Residence)

Prof. K. Mangala Sunder

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036
Email : krishnan@iitm.ac.in
Telephone : (044) 22578265 (Office)
(044) 22579265 (Residence)

Detailed Syllabus

Atoms and Molecules
1) Structural Chemistry: Survey of Quantum Mechanical Principles
2) Quantization -1: Particle in a box
3) Quantization -2 : Angular Momentum
4) The hydrogen atom 1: The Schrodinger equation
5) The Hydroegn atom 2: Wave functions and cahrge densities
6) Many electron atoms: Atomic Orbitals
7) Molecular Structure 1: Diatomic Molecules
8) Molecular Structure 2: Heteronuclear Diatomics
9) Molecular Structure 3: Polyatomics
10) Non-covalent interactions 1: van der Waals forces
11) Non-covalent interactions 2: Hydrogen Bonding

Molecular Spectroscopy
12) Spectroscopic techniques 1: UV Spectroscopy
13) Spectroscopic techniques 2: IR Spectroscopy
14) Spectroscopic techniques 3: NMR Spectroscopy
15) Spectroscopic techniques 4: Mass Spectrometry

Solid State Chemistry
16) Lattices and Unit Cells
17) Closed packed structures
18) Bragg's Law and X-ray Diffraction
19) Indexing diffraction patterns
20) Band theory of solids

Electrochemistry
21) Review of thermodynamics
22) Free energy and EMF
23) Batteries and fuel cells
24) Application of electrode potentials
25) Corrosion

Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics
26) Integrated rate Laws
27) Elementary reactions
28) Experimental methods for determining reaction rates
29) Temperature dependence of reaction rates
30) Theories of reaction rates 1
31) Theories of reaction rates 2
32) Potential energy surfaces (PESs)
33) Trajectories on PESs and reaction dynamics
34) Chain reactions and Oscillatory reactions
35) Lasers in chemistry

Surface Chemistry
36) Adsorption
37) Surface Characterization Techniques

Experiments in Chemistry
38) Titrations: Acid base, redox and complexometric
39) Properties and equilibria: Viscosity and partition coefficient
40) Kinetics and photochemistry: Iodine clock reaction and photochemical reduction