PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III - PHASE EQUILIBRIA

AND CHEMICAL KINETICS (CC-8)

Hours per week: 4 Semester End Examination:
60 Marks Credits: 4 Continuous Evaluation: 40
marks
Course outcomes:
After completion of the course students are able to learn about:
CO 1: Phase diagrams for systems of solid-liquid equilibria Involving eutectic, congruent and
incongruent melting points.
CO 2: Methods of Experimental determination of rate laws.
CO 3: Collision theory of reaction rates
CO 4: Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms.
CO 5: The cleansing action of detergents.
CO 6: Emulsions and their classification
CO 7: Freezing mixtures and their industrial importance.
CO 8: Concept of nanocatalysis and applications in industry.
MODULE-I: Phase Equilibria-l
Concept of phases, components and degrees of freedom, derivation of Gibbs Phase Rule for
nonreactive and reactive systems; Clausius-Clapeyron equation and its applications to solid-
liquid, liquid-vapour and solid-vapour equilibria, phase diagram for one component systems,
with applications. Phase diagrams for systems of solid-liquid equilibria involving eutectic,
congruent and incongruent melting points. Freezing mixtures.
MODULE-II: Phase equilibrin-2
Three component systems, water-chloroform-acetic acid system.
Binary solutions: Gibbs-Duhem-Margules equation, its derivation and applications to
fractional distillation of binary miscible liquids (ideal and non ideal), partial miscibility of
liquids, CST, steam distillation. Nernst distribution law: its derivation and applications.
MODULE-III: Chemical Kinetics
Order and molecularity of a reaction, rate laws in terms of the advancement of a reaction,
differential and integrated form of rate expressions up to second order reactions,
experimental methods of the determination of rate laws.
Temperature dependence of reaction rates; Arrhenius equation; activation energy. Collision
theory of reaction rates, qualitative treatment of the theory of absolute reaction rates.
Activated complex theory non mathematical treatment.
MODULE-IV: Catalysis
Definition of catalyst, types of catalysts - Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis -
acid-base catalysis- Autocatalysis nanocatalysis — prototropic and protolytic mechanism
and derivation of rate law, Enzyme catalysis, Michaelis-Menten kinetics.
MODULE-V: Surface chemistry:
Physical adsorption, chemisorption, Factors influencing adsorption-adsorption isotherms
— types Langrmuir and Freundlich isotherms. Surface active agents- classification-
emusions-types-critical micellar concentration (CMC) - factors affecting the CMC of
surfactants- determination of cmc. Solubilisation-factors influencing the solubilizgtion.
Explanation of cleansing action of detergents.
Reference Books:
1. Peter Atkins & Julio De Paula, Physical Chemistry 10th Ed., Oxford University Press
(2014).
2. Mortimer, R. G. Physical Chemistry Yd Ed., Elsevier: NODA, UP (2009).
3. Levine, I. N. Physical Chemistry 6th Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (2011).
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III LAB (PPC)
Hours per week: 3 Credits: 2
Continuous Evaluation: 100 marks
I. Determination of critical solution temperature and composition of the phenol-
water system and to study the effect of impurities on it.
Il. Phase equilibria: Construction of the phase diagram using cooling curves or ignition
tube method:
a. simple eutectic and
b. congruently melting systems.
Ill.Distribution of acetic/ benzoic acid between water and cyclohexane.
IV. Study the equilibrium of at least one of the following reactions by the distribution
method: (i) 12(aq) + I --4
(ii) Cu2+(aq) + nNH3 -+
V. Study the kinetics of the following reactions.
1. Integrated rate method:
Acid hydrolysis of methyl acetate with hydrochloric acid.
Compare the strengths of HCI and H2S04 by studying kinetics of hydrolysis of methyl
acetate
 VI. Adsorption
I. Verify the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms for adsorption of acetic acid on
activated charcoal.
Reference Books:
1. Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R.
Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011).
2. Garland, C. W.; Nibler, J. W. & Shoemaker, D. P. Experiments in Physical
Chemistry 8th Ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York (2003).
3. Halpem, A. M. & McBane, G. C. Experimental Physical Chemistry 3 rd Ed.; W.H.
Freeman & Co.: New York (2003)
BLUE PRINT FOR QUESTION PAPER SETTER
TIME: 3 Hrs Max.Marks:75
S.No. MODULE NO. /CHAPTER NO. SHORT ESSAY MARKS

ANSWER QUESTIONS ALLOETD

QUESTIONS
(10 Marks) TO THE
(5 Marks) MODULE
1 1 1. Phase equilibria-l 2 2 30

2 2 2. Phase equilibria-2 1 2 25

3 3 3. Chemical Kinetics 2 2 30

4 4 4. Catalysis 1 2 25

5 5 5. Surface Chemistry 2 2 30

Total no. of Questions 8 10

Total Marks including Choice 140

Note:
1.The question paper setters are requested to kindly adhere to the format given in the above
table.
2.The question paper setters are also requested to set the questions in the following way:
a) 70 % of Questions - Memory (knowledge) and understanding based
b) 30 % of Questions - Creativity, Application and Skill based