GPAT Notes

Hi sir, I Am Preparing for the GPAT Exam Will you Please provide me the Syllabus of the GPAT Exam of the Subject PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) conducted by All India Council for Technical Education is an all India examination. AICTE decided to organize and conduct Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) examination to facilitate admission of Pharmacy graduates in M. Pharma

the Syllabus of the Subject PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY of the GPAT Exam is given below

1. Composition & physical states of matter
Intermolecular forces & their impact on state of the matter. Various physical properties of matter, dipole moment, dielectric constant, Van Der waal's equation & critical phenomenon, liquefaction of gases, aerosols.

2. Colligative Properties
The liquid state, vapor pressure, ideal & real solutions. Raoult's law, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure, determination of molecular weight based on colligative properties.

3. Thermodynamics
First, second & third law of thermodynamics. Thermochemical laws, isothermic & adiabetic processes, reversible processes, work of expansion, heat content, enthalpy, heat capacity. Gibb's & Helmoltz equation & chemical potential.

4. Chemical Equillibria.
5. Phase rule
One, two, & three component systems along with their applications. Solid- solid, solid -liquid, & liquid-liquid systems. Distillation of binary systems, azeotropic mixtures, steam, vacuum, & fractional distillation.

6. Refractive index
Refractive index, specific refractivity, molar refractivity, refractometers.

7. Solutions
Solubility, factors affecting solubility, solubility curves. Types of solutions, effect of cosolvancy, pH & other factors on solubility. Solubility of gases in liquids, liquids in liquids, & solids in liquids, critical solution temperature, law of partitioning & its applications. Solute solvent interactions. Expression of concentration of pharmaceutical solutions & calculations. Molarity, molality, mole fraction & percentage expressions.

8. Electrochemistry
Properties of electrolyte solutions, electrolysis. Faraday's law of electrolysis, electron transport, electrical cell, single electrode potential, concentration cells, half -cells & half cell potential, types of half cells, sign convention, Nerst equation, salt bridge, electromotive series, standard potential, SHE. Measuring the relative voltage of half cells, Calculation of standard potential. Reference & indicator electrodes. Standard oxidation-reduction potential.