Basic Concepts

• Mole Concept

• Molar Mass

• Percentage composition

• Empirical and Molecular Formula

State of Matters

• Properties of liquids – vapour pressure, viscosity and surface tension and effect of temperature

Atomic Structure

• Thomson and Rutherford atomic models and their limitations

• Nature of electromagnetic radiation

• Photoelectric effect

• Elementary ideas of quantum mechanics

• Quantum mechanical model of atom, its important features

Chemical Thermodynamics

• System and surroundings

• Extensive and intensive properties

• State functions, types of processes

Solutions

• Different methods for expressing concentration of solution – molality, molarity, mole fraction, percentage (by volume and mass both)

Equilibrium

• Equilibrium

• Concept of dynamic equilibrium.

Redox Reaction

• Electronic concepts of oxidation and reduction

• Redox reactions

• Oxidation number, rules for assigning oxidation number

• Balancing of redox reactions.

Classification of Elements & Periodicity

• Periodic trends in properties of elements atomic and ionic radii, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states and chemical reactivity

Hydrogen

• Position of hydrogen in periodic table, its isotopes

• Preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen

• Physical and chemical properties of water and heavy water

S-Block Elements

• Group – 1 and 2 Elements (Electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties)

P-Block Elements

• Group – 13 to Group 18 Elements (Electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties)

Co-ordination Compounds

• Introduction to co-ordination compounds

• Werner’s theory

• Ligands, co-ordination number, denticity, chelation

• IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear co-ordination compounds

Basic Principal of Organic Compound

• Tetravalency of carbon

• Shapes of simple molecules – hybridization (s and p)

• Classification of organic compounds based on functional groups containing Alkane, Alkene, Alkyne, Halogens, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulphur;

• Nomenclature (Trivial and IUPAC)