CHM411: Physical chemistry lab

        [Cr:4, Lc:1, Tt:0, Lb:9]

Course Outline

• Potentiometric titration of strong acid HCl by strong base NaOH.
• Potentiometric titration of weak acid CH${}_3$COOH by strong base NaOH and determination of pK${}_a$ of the weak acid.
• Potentiometric titration of a weak dibasic acid using strong base NaOH,
• determination of the two pK${}_a$ values of the acid. Conductometric titration of strong acid HCl using strong base NaOH.
• Conductometric titration of weak acid CH${}_3$COOH by strong base NaOH.
• Conductometric titration of a triple mixture of HCl, NH${}_4$Cl and KCl by NaOH and AgNO${}_3$.
• Determination of partition coefficient of I${}_2$ in water and chloroform.
• Determination of the equilibrium constant of the reaction KI+I${}_2$=KI${}_3$ using the result from the previous experiment.
• Determination of solubility product of CH${}_3$COOAg.
• Kinetic study of acid catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl acetate.
• Determination of viscosity of a solution of glycerol and determination of concentration of an unknown solution of glycerol.
• Determination of surface tension of soap water.
• Determination of hardness of water.
• Determination of the order of mutarotation of glucose using polarimetry.
• Kinetic study of acid catalyzed hydrolysis of sucrose and determination of the rate law.
• Construction of phenol-water phase diagram and determination of upper critical solution temperature.
• Construction of binary Eutectic phase diagram of naphthalene-biphenyl system and determination of Eutectic temperature and Eutectic composition.
• Enzyme catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl acetate.
• Determination of pK${}_a$ of an amino acid.

Recommended Reading

• B. Viswanathan, P. S. Raghavan, Practical Physical Chemistry, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (2010).
• A. Ghosal, B. Mahapartra, A. K. Nad, An Advanced Course in Practical Chemistry, New Central Book Agency Pvt Ltd, Calcutta (2000).