Redox Reactions (Weightage 2%)  

Topics from Redox Reactions

  • Rate of a chemical reaction (5 concepts)
  • rate law, rate constant and its units (3 concepts)
  • factors affecting the rate of reactions: concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst (6 concepts)
  • effect of temperature on rate of reactions -Arrhenius theory, activation energy and its calculation (8 concepts)
  • order and molecularity of reactions (6 concepts)
  • elementary and complex reactions (1 concepts)
  • collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (3 concepts)
  • their characteristics and half -lives (5 concepts)
  • Adsorption (22 concepts)
  • Physisorption and chemisorption and their characteristics (11 concepts)
  • adsorption from solutions (1 concepts)
  • Catalysis - Homogeneous and heterogeneous (8 concepts)
  • colloids and suspensions (8 concepts)
  • multimolecular, macromolecular and associated colloids (micelles) (1 concepts)
  • preparation and properties of colloids - Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, dialysis, coagulation and flocculation (5 concepts)
  • Colloidal state- distinction among true solutions (8 concepts)
  • activity and selectivity of solid catalysts (1 concepts)
  • Emulsions and their characteristics (1 concepts)
  • Electronic concepts of oxidation and reduction (6 concepts)
  • Redox reactions (8 concepts)
  • Oxidation number, rules for assigning oxidation number (8 concepts)
  • Balancing of redox reactions (1 concepts)
  • Eectrolytic and metallic conduction (1 concepts)
  • Conductance in electrolytic solutions (11 concepts)
  • Molar conductivities and their variation with concentration (6 concepts)
  • Kohlrausch's law and its applications (3 concepts)
  • Electrochemical cells - Electrolytic and Galvanic cells (1 concepts)
  • Different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential (3 concepts)
  • Half - cell and cell reactions (4 concepts)
  • Nernst equation and its applications (2 concepts)
  • Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs' energy change (8 concepts)
  • OXIDATION NUMBER AND OXIDATION STATE (1 concepts)
  • TYPES OF REDOX REACTIONS (2 concepts)
  • BALANCING OF REDOX REACTIONS (2 concepts)
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