States of matter (Weightage 2%)  

Topics from States of matter

  • Gas laws- Boyle's law, Charle's Law' Graham's law of diffusion (4 concepts)
  • Avagadro's law, Dalton's law of partial pressure (1 concepts)
  • Concept of atom, Absolute sclae of temperature, ideal gas equation (3 concepts)
  • Kinetic theory of gases, Concept of average, Root mean square and most probable velocities (10 concepts)
  • Real gases, deviation from ideal behaviour, compressibility factor and van der Waals equation (22 concepts)
  • Properties of liquids- vapour pressure, viscosity and surface tension and effect of temperature on them (13 concepts)
  • Classification of solids: molecular, iconic, covalent and metallic solids (4 concepts)
  • Amorphos and crystalline solids (4 concepts)
  • Bragg's law and its applications (1 concepts)
  • Unit cell and lattices, packing in solids( fcc, bcc and hcp lattices) (5 concepts)
  • Voids (11 concepts)
  • Calculations involving unit cell parameters (22 concepts)
  • Imperfection in solids (4 concepts)
  • Electrical and magnetic properties (7 concepts)
  • GAS LAWS (5 concepts)
  • INTERMOLECULAR FORCES (1 concepts)
  • THERMAL ENERGY (1 concepts)
  • THE GASEOUS STATE (1 concepts)
  • IDEAL GAS EQUATION (2 concepts)
  • KINETIC ENERGY AND MOLECULAR SPEEDS (1 concepts)
  • KINETIC MOLECULAR THEORY OF GASES (1 concepts)
  • BEHAVIOUR OF REAL GASES: DEVIATION FROM IDEAL GAS BEHAVIOUR (2 concepts)
  • LIQUIFACTION OF GASES (1 concepts)
  • LIQUID STATE (1 concepts)
  • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLID STATE (1 concepts)
  • CLASSIFICATION OF CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS (1 concepts)
  • CRYSTAL LATTICES AND UNIT CELLS (1 concepts)
  • NUMBER OF ATOMS IN A UNIT CELL (1 concepts)
  • CLOSE PACKED STRUCTURES (2 concepts)
  • PACKING EFFICIENCY (1 concepts)
  • CALCULATIONS INVOLVING UNIT CELL DIMENSIONS (1 concepts)
  • STRUCTURES OF SOME IONIC SOLIDS (1 concepts)
  • IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS (1 concepts)
  • PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS (3 concepts)

Important Books for States of matter

  • States of matter Book
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