Post Views: 2 Charge flow during electrolysis The coulomb is the electrolytic unit of charge. A current of one ampere is the rate of flow of charge equal to one… Read More »FARADAY’S LAWS OF ELECTROLYSIS AND CALCULATIONS
Post Views: 0 The importance of electrochemical cells or galvanic cells lies in their ability to provide us with a portable source of electrical energy. We have already studied that… Read More »APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
Post Views: 0 It is a well known fact that energy menifests itself in different forms which are interconvertible into one another. Among different forms of energy, the electrical energy… Read More »ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Post Views: 1 The passage of electricity through the electrolytes in their molten or dissolved state can cause chemical changes under suitable conditions. For example, the passage of electricity through… Read More »ELECTROLYTIC CELLS AND ELECTROLYSIS OF SPECIFIED ELECTROLYTES
Post Views: 1 When an electric current is passed through an electrolyte solution, the ions of the electrolyte undergo chemical changes at the respective electrodes. The chemical reaction carried out… Read More »Electrolysis
Post Views: 1 IONIC THEORY To account for the phenomena of electrolysis the Ionic Theory was put forward by Arrhenius in 1880. The theory states that electrolytes are made up… Read More »IONIC THEORY
Post Views: 1 Balancing by Ion Electron or Half Reaction Method We are familiar with the balancing of chemical equations by inspection method. However, inspection method may not be useful… Read More »BALANCING OF REDOX REACTIONS
Post Views: 1 Classical Concept of Oxidation and Reduction In our daily life we come across processes like rusting of iron articles, fading of the colour of the clothes, burning… Read More »Concept of Oxidation and Reduction
Post Views: 1 Most of the properties of the elements such as atomic volume, atomic size, ionization enthalpy, electron affinity and electronegativity are directly related to the electronic configuration of… Read More »PERIODIC TRENDS IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Post Views: 0 THE NEED FOR CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS Before the beginning of eighteenth century, only a very few elements were known and it was quite easy to study and… Read More »PERIODICITY
Post Views: 0 AMINES It has a functional group of NH2. GENERAL MOLECULAR FORMULAR/STRUCTURE It has a general molecular formula of RNH2 or structure of R – N – H… Read More »AMINES AND AMIDES
Post Views: 0 Carbohydrates are naturally occurring organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygenwith oxygen in the ratio 1:2 as in water. The general molelcular formula of carbohydrates is Cx(H2O)y … Read More »CARBOHYDRATES
Post Views: 0 NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC POLYMERS Polymerisation (addition and condensation) plastics. Thermosplastic and thermosetting polymers, resins. Polymer is the final product, macromolecule of high molecular mars. It… Read More »NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC POLYMERS
Post Views: 0 Sources, properties and uses detergents and soaps Structure, their mode and action. Fats and oils belong to a general group of compounds known as lipids. SOURCES Fats… Read More »Fats and Oils As Higher Esters
Post Views: 7 ALKANOATES General molecular formula, nomenclature, preparation, properties and uses. SOURCES The alkanoic acid or carboxylic acids are also called fatty acids because some of them are… Read More »ALKANOIC ACIDS
Post Views: 0 SOURCES OF ALKANOLS – From destructive distillation wood. – From starchy food and sugar General molecular formular Alkanol is a homologous series with general molecular formular… Read More »ALKANOLS
Post Views: 0 Benzene: Benzene is a typical aromatic compound with molecular formula of C6H6. It has the structure of: Preparation From coal tar: The destructive distillation of coal produced… Read More »AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
Post Views: 0 Alkynes are the homologous series of unsaturated hydrocarbon with a general molecular formua CnH2n-2. Alkynes show a high degree of unsaturation than alkenes, hence,t hey are chemically… Read More »ALKYNES
Post Views: 0 UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS These are hydrocarbons in which carbon atoms join with each other by multiple bonds. The multiple bond can be double bonds e.g Alkene or triple… Read More »Unsaturated Hydrocarbons – Alkenes
Post Views: 0 Saturated Hydrocarbons Saturated hydrocarbons are hydrocarbons consisting of carbon chains with single bond between them in which carbon joins with another carbon by single covalent bond e.g… Read More »Saturated Hydrocarbons