Chemistry

1. Solid State

Crystalline and amorphous solids, unit cells, packing efficiency, density calculations and defects in solids.

2. Solutions

Concentration terms, Raoult's law, ideal and non-ideal solutions, colligative properties, and abnormal molar mass and the van't Hoff factor.

3. Electrochemistry

Conductance, Kohlrausch's law, electrochemical cells, the Nernst equation, and Faraday's laws of electrolysis.

4. Chemical Kinetics

Rate of reaction, order and molecularity, integrated rate equations, half-life, and the Arrhenius equation.

5. Surface Chemistry

Adsorption, catalysis, colloids, the Tyndall effect, Brownian motion and emulsions.

6. General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

Concentration of ores, reduction methods, thermodynamic and electrochemical principles, and refining.

7. p-Block Elements

Groups 15 to 18: trends in properties and the preparation and properties of important compounds.

8. d- and f-Block Elements

Transition elements, variable oxidation states, catalytic behaviour, and the lanthanoids and actinoids.

9. Coordination Compounds

Ligands, coordination number, IUPAC nomenclature, isomerism, Werner's theory, valence bond and crystal field theory.

10. Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Nomenclature, preparation, properties, and the SN1 and SN2 mechanisms.

11. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Nomenclature, preparation, physical and chemical properties, and the acidity of phenols.

12. Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Preparation, nucleophilic addition, the aldol and Cannizzaro reactions, and the acidity of carboxylic acids.

13. Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen

Amines, their basicity, diazonium salts and cyanides and isocyanides.

14. Biomolecules and Polymers

Carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and nucleic acids, and the classification and preparation of polymers.