Syllabus
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Course Code: CH-602 Course Name: (B) Nuclear chemistry, organosulphur compounds and catalysis |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Nuclear chemistry Radioactivity, Rays from radioactive materials, radioactive disintegration, half-life period, radioactive equilibrium. Steady state, Theory of radioactivity, Carbon dating, Nuclear fission, Calculation of energy released in nuclear fission, the fission chain reaction, The concept of critical mass, Nuclear fusion, Nuclear reactions, Radiation chemistry, Radiolysis of water, Nuclear reactor. Radioactive isotopes, radiochemical principle in the use of tracers, applications of tracers in chemical investigations, physiochemical methods, analytical applications, age determinations, medical applications, agricultural applications. |
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| 2 | Organosulfur Compounds Nomenclature, structural features, Methods of formation and chemical reactions of thiols,trioethers, sulphonic acids, sulphonamides and sulphaguanidine. Catalysis General characteristics of catalytic reactions, Acid-base catalysis, Enzyme catalysis, Michaelis-Menten equation, Effect of temperature on enzyme catalysis, Heterogeneous catalysis, Surface reactions, Kinetics of surface reactions, Unimolecular surface reactions, Bimolecular surface reactions, Effect of temperature on surface reactions, Autocatalysis and Oscillatory reactions. |
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