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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2017/2018

Assessment Methods:
Assessment Methods: Continuous assessment: 30%
Continuous assessment: 30% Final examination: 70%
Final examination: 70%
Medium of instruction:
Medium of instruction: English
English
Soft skills:
Soft skills: CT1-3, LL1-2
CT1-3
References:
References: 1.A. J Bard and L. R. Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods
1.A. R. West, Basic Solid State Chemistry, John Wiley & Fundamental and Application, 2 nd ed., John Wiley &
Sons, 1996. Sons, 2001.
2.G. E. Rodgers, Introduction to Coordination Solid State 2.D. Pletcher and F. C. Walsh, Industrial Electrochemistry,
and Descriptive Chemistry, 1994. Blackie Academic and Profesional, 1993.
3.J. R. Christman, Fundamentals of Solid State Physics. 3.P. Monk, Fundamentals of Electroanalytical Chemistry,
4.M. F. F. Ladd, Structure and Bonding in Solid State John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Chemistry, Halsted Press, NY, 1979. 4.J. Wang, Analytical Electrochemistry, 2 nd ed., John
Wiley & Sons, 2000.

SIC2014 BASIC COLLOID CHEMISTRY
SIC3001 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
Introduction to colloidal dispersion and types of colloidal
dispersions. Particles in the box and colloid chemistry. Organometallic Chemistry:
Brownian motion, Surface charge and colloidal stability. Historical background, Classification/bonding types of
Particle size and fluid deformation. Viscosity, Organometallics Compounds of Transition Elements, Main
sedimentation and rheology. Self-assembly colloids: Group Organometallics & Lanthanides, 18-electron rules,
micelles, vesicles, emulsions and microemulsions. Ligands in Organometallics (carbonyl, hydride,
Instrumentations in Colloidal Chemistry. Colloidal alkyl/alkene, carbene, carbyne, metallocene & fullerene).
chemistry, nano-science and nanotechnology. Spectral (IR, NMR) and x-ray structural analysis.
Organometallic reactions.
Assessment Methods:
Continuous assessment: 40% Reaction kinetics and mechanism of transition metal
Final examination: 60% complexes:
Introduction to inorganic reaction mechanism.
Medium of instruction: Dissociative, associative and interchange mechanisms.
English Derivation of the rate law based on the above
mechanisms. Substitution reactions of octahedral,
Soft skills: tetrahedral and 5-coordinate systems. Substitution
CT1-3 reactions catalysed by acid and base. Inner-sphere and
outer-sphere mechanisms.
References:
1. A. W. Adamson and A. P. Gast, Physical Chemistry of Assessment Methods:
Surfaces, Wiley Interscience, 1997. Practical: 25%
2. D. J. Shaw, Introduction to Colloid & Surface Chemistry, Continuous assessment: 15%
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1992. Final examination: 60%
3. P. C. Hiemenz and R. Rjagopalan, Principles of Colloid
& Surface Chemistry, 3 ed., Marcel Dekkerm, 1997. Medium of instruction:
rd
4. R. Aveyard, and D. A. Haydon, An Introduction to the English
Principles of Surface Chemistry, Cambridge University
Press, 1973. Soft skills:
5. D CT1-3
.F. Evans, H. Wennerstrom, The Colloidal Domain, 2 nd
ed. Wiley-Vch, 1999. References:
6.D.H. Everett, Basic Principle Of Colloid Science, Royal 1.C. Elschenbroich and A. Salzer, Organometallics A
Society of Chemistry, 1988. concise Introduction, 2 rev., VCH, 1992.
nd
2.G. O. Spessard and G. L. Miessler, Organometallic
Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1997.
SIC2015 ELECTROCHEMISTRY 3.Gary L. Miessler & Donald A. Tarr, Inorganis Chemistry.
3 ed., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004
rd
Background of electrochemical cell, type of electrode, 4.F. A. Cotton and G. Wilkinson, Advanced Inorganic
liquid junction potential, concentrations of electrolyte. Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1972.
Basic electrochemistry on electrode reaction, electrode 5.Journal of Organometallic Chemistry.
kinetics, Butler-Volmer equation, Tafel anode and cathode 6.Fred Basolo and Ralph G Pearson, Mechanism of
equation, overpotential, mass transport, diffusion current Inorganic Reactions. A study of metal complexes in
and Nernst diffusion layer. Potentiostatic and galvanostatic solution, 2 ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1967.
nd
electrochemical methods including chronoamperometry, 7.R. A. Henderson, The mechanisms of reactions at
coulometry, polarography, cyclic voltammetry and transition metal sites, Oxford Science Publications,
stripping voltammetry methods. Surface confined 1993.
electrochemical processes and applications in
electroanalytical field. SIC3002 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
Brief introduction to organic synthesis: disconnections and
retrosynthetic analysis;

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