Solid State

Types of solids and classificationCrystal lattice and unit cellPacking efficiency in different latticesDensity of unit cell calculationPoint defects — Schottky, Frenkel, interstitial

Solutions

Types of solutions and concentration termsVapour pressure and Raoult's law (ideal solutions)Colligative properties — boiling point elevationDepression in freezing pointOsmosis and osmotic pressureAbnormal molar masses — van't Hoff factor

Electrochemistry and Chemical Kinetics

Galvanic cell, electrode potentials, EMFNernst equationConductance, Kohlrausch's lawElectrolysis — Faraday's lawsRate of reaction and rate lawIntegrated rate equations (zero, first order)Arrhenius equation and activation energy

Surface Chemistry

Adsorption — types and factorsCatalysis — types and characteristicsColloids — preparation, properties, Tyndall effectCoagulation, Hardy-Schulze rule

General Principles of Metallurgy

Terminology — ore, gangue, flux, slagConcentration methodsThermodynamic principles — Ellingham diagramRefining methods — distillation, liquation, electrolytic

p-Block Elements

Group 15: N₂, NH₃, HNO₃, P allotropes, H₃PO₄Group 16: O₂, SO₂, H₂SO₄, S allotropesGroup 17: Cl₂, HCl, interhalogen compounds, oxoacidsGroup 18: Noble gas properties, compounds of Xenon

d and f Block Elements & Coordination Compounds

Electronic configuration of transition metalsVariable oxidation states, magnetic propertiesColour of transition metal compoundsImportant compounds: K₂Cr₂O₇, KMnO₄Coordination compounds — Werner's theoryIUPAC nomenclature, isomerismBonding in coordination compounds (VBT, CFT)

Polymers

Biomolecules

Carbohydrates — classification, anomersProteins — amino acids, peptide bondEnzymes — nature, action, specificityVitamins — fat and water solubleNucleic acids — DNA and RNA structure

Chemistry in Everyday Life

Drugs — classification by pharmacological actionDrug-target interaction: enzyme, receptorFood preservatives, antioxidants, artificial sweetenersSoaps and detergents — cleansing action

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Classification and IUPAC namesPreparation from alkanes, alkenes, alcoholsReactions: nucleophilic substitution (SN1, SN2)Elimination reactionsPolyhalogen compounds — uses of CCl₄, CHCl₃, freons, DDT

Organic Compounds Containing C, H and O

Alcohols — classification, preparation, reactionsPhenols — acidic nature, reactionsEthers — preparation and reactionsAldehydes and ketones — nucleophilic additionCarboxylic acids — preparation, acidity, reactions

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Amines — classification, preparation, basicityReactions of aminesDiazonium salts — preparation and reactionsCyanides and isocyanides — distinction

Chemistry — Revision Checklist