To understand the behaviour of ions in solution and structure of electrode surface. To learn rate laws from a proposed mechanism and analyze kinetics in gases and solutions.
Debye Huckel theory of strong electrolytes, Debye Huckel Onsager equation, activity coefficient, mean ionic activity coefficient, physical significance of activity coefficients, mean activity coefficient of an electrolyte and its determination, ionic strength, Debye Huckel theory of mean ionic activity coefficient, Debye-Huckel limiting law, qualitative and quantitative verification of Debye-Huckel limiting law, Debye length, ionic strength, Bjerrum model of ion-association.
Collision theory of reaction rates, steric factor, activated complex theory, comparison between collision theory and activated-complex theory. Unimolecular gas reactions: Dynamics of unimolecular reactions (Lindemann, Hinshelwood, RRK and RRKM theories), primary and secondary salt effects: influence of ionic strength and dielectric constant on reactions involving (i) ions (ii) dipoles (iii) ion and dipole.
Equilibrium and steady state approximation and their application in reaction mechanisms, Rate expression for opposing, parallel and consecutive reactions, kinetic and thermodynamic control of the reactions, chain reactions: thermal and photochemical reactions, dynamic chain (mechanism of hydrogen-bromine and hydrogen-chlorine reactions), decomposition of ethane, pyrolysis of acetaldehyde, oscillatory reactions: Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.
Links:
[1] https://chemistry.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/electrochemistry-and-chemical-kinetics-0
[2] https://chemistry.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2018-2019