Chemical kinetics Topics - IIT JEE Syllabus

1

Rate of a chemical reaction

2m1/10

📌 Key FormulaRate = Δ[C]/Δt

2

Factors affecting the rate of reactions: concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaRate law, Arrhenius equation, catalyst.

3

Elementary and complex reactions

2m1/10

📌 Key FormulaElementary reactions occur in single step.

4

Order and molecularity of reactions

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaOrder can be fractional, molecularity is integer.

5

Rate law, rate constant and its units

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaRate = k [A]^m[B]^n, units of k depend on overall order.

6

Differential and integral forms of zero and first-order reactions, their characteristics and half-lives

2m3/10

📌 Key FormulaZero order: [A] = [A]₀ - kt, t½ = [A]₀/2k. First order: ln[A] = ln[A]₀ - kt, t½ = ln 2/k

7

The effect of temperature on the rate of reactions

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaArrhenius equation k = A e^{-Ea/RT}

8

Arrhenius theory

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaActivation energy, frequency factor.

9

Activation energy and its calculation

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaFrom Arrhenius plot.

10

Collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation)

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaRate depends on collision frequency and orientation.

11

Molarity

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaM = moles of solute / L of solution

12

Molality

2m2/10

📌 Key Formulam = moles of solute / kg of solvent

13

Mole fraction

2m2/10

📌 Key Formulax_A = n_A / Σ nᵢ

14

Normality

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaN = n × M, where n is n-factor.

15

Raoult's Law

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaP_A = x_A P_A°

16

Molecular weight determination from lowering of vapour pressure

2m3/10

📌 Key FormulaMolar mass from ΔP.

17

Elevation of boiling point

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaΔT_b = K_b m

18

Depression of freezing point

2m2/10

📌 Key FormulaΔT_f = K_f m