environmental chemistry (unit 1)

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Unit 1: Basics of environmental chemistry Origin, Scope, and Bharatiya Contribution to the Chemistry, Periodic properties of elements (ionization potential, electron affinity and electronegativity), types of chemical bonds (ionic, covalent, coordinate and hydrogen bonds); mole concept, molarity and normality, quantitative volumetric analysis. Types of chemical reactions; acids, bases and salts, solubility products; solutes and solvents; redox reactions, concepts of pH and pE, electrochemistry, Nernst equation, electrochemical cells. Basic concepts of organic chemistry, hydrocarbons, aliphatic and aromatic compounds, organic functional groups.