Course Contents

1. Electrochemistry: An introduction to electrochemistry, chemical reactions and redox potentials, electrochemical cells, types of electrodes, Nrnst Equation and its applications, predicting reactions, stability of oxidation state, cell potential and thermodynamics, theory of metallic conduction, electrode potential, liquid junction potential, transference number, ions in aqueous solution, ionic activity and Debye Huckel theory. Nuclear Chemistry: Atomic nucleus, nuclear stability, modes of decay, nuclear energetics, nuclear models (shell+liquid drop model), fission and fusion, non-spontaneous nuclear processes, nuclear reactors, betay decay, nuclear spin Photochemistry: principles of photochemistry, laws of photochemistry, Einstein law of photochemical equivalence, rates of intermolecular processes, chemical reactions and their quantum yield, hydrogen bromine ad hydrogen-chlorine reactions. Group theory: symmetry and symmetry operations, point groups, properties of groups, matrices, transformation of matrices, character tables and their applications in molecular spectroscopy.

Course Synopsis

The course is dided into four parts; 1. Electrochemistry 2. Nuclear Chemistry 3. Photochemistry 4. Group theory Group theory Group Theory is the mathematical application of symmetry to an object to obtain knowledge of its physical properties. Symmetry of a molecule is related to its physical properties and provides a quick simple method to determine the relevant physical information of the molecule. The symmetry of a molecule provides the information of what energy levels the orbitals will be, what the orbitals symmetries are, what transitions can occur between energy levels without rigorous calculations.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course contents in Group theory the student will be able to: 1. Recognize symmetry elements in a molecule; 2. State the point group a molecule belongs to 3.Understand degenerate and non-degenerate representations;