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3. Conductance:
i) Determination of cell constant
ii) Determination of equivalent conductance, degree of dissociation and dissociation
constant of a weak acid.
iii) Perform the following conductometric titrations:
iv) Strong acid vs. strong base
v) Weak acid vs. strong base

SUGGUESTED READINGS:

1. Principles of Physical Chemistry by Puri, Sharma and Pathania.
2. Physical Chemistry by S.C. Khetarpal, G.S, Sharma and R.K. Kalia.
3. Modren‘s Approach to Physical Chemistry by S. Kiran.
4. A text Book of Physical Chemistry by K.K. Sharma and I.K. Sharma
5. Physical Chemistry by P.N. Kapil and S.K. Guglani.
6. Elements of Physical Chemistry by Puri, Sharma and Pathania.

DISCIPLINE ELECTIVE COURSES:

Chem.212 Basic Quantum Chemistry and Photochemistry 3+1

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The learning objectives: of this course are as follows:

 To familiarize the students about structure of atoms and molecules in light of quantum
theory.
 To learn about interaction between light radiations and matter.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
 Understand the basic phenomena associated with the formation of molecules.
 Have an insight into the phenomena of fluorescence, phosphorescence,
chemiluminescence.

THEORY (45 Hours)

UNIT-I: (12 Hours)

Quantum Chemistry: Black-body radiation, Planck‘s radiation law, photoelectric effect, Bohr‘s
model of hydrogen atom (no derivation) and its defects, Compton effect. de Broglie hypothesis,
Heisenberg‘s uncertainty principle, Sinusoidal wave equation, Schrodinger wave equation and its
importance, physical interpretation of the wave function, postulates of quantum mechanics,
particle in a one-dimensional box.
UNIT-II: (22 Hours)
Chemical bonding:Covalent bonding, valence bond and molecular orbital approaches, LCAO-MO
+
treatment of H 2 . Bonding and antibonding orbitals. Qualitative extension to H 2. Comparison of
LCAO-MO and VB treatments of H 2 (only wave functions, detailed solution not required) and

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