Practical work has had a central and distinct role in chemistry. Experimentation is the essence of learning science. The purpose of doing experiments is to teach the principles of scientific inquiry, to improve understanding of theory through practical experience, to teach specific practical skills, such as measurement and observation, that may be useful in future studies, and to teach generic skills, such as teamwork and problem-solving, to motivate and engage students. It is important to have a clear idea of why we do practice science. It will be helpful to choose which experiments to do and how to integrate them with ‘theory’. Physical Chemistry Practical Guide aims to facilitate experimental exercise in the physical chemistry laboratory at the PG level of a student's career.
The book “Advanced Physical Chemistry Practical Guide ”will be very helpful for teachers in providing practical knowledge of important aspects of Physical Chemistry experiments. The book covers a wide range of areas from basic to advanced experiments, including calibration of instruments as well as highly accurate software for computational quantum chemical calculations. This book has been divided into four sections: Part I consists of general introduction, calibration of glassware, instruments, and precautions; Part II entails those experiments that have a simple theoretical background and classical methods; Part III comprises of experiments that are associated with more advanced theory, and technique that requires a greater degree of experimental skill and use of instruments. Part IV comprises experiments related to the use of computers and that are investigative in nature. Covering all aspects of classical, advanced, and computational chemistry experiments, this book will be useful for under graduate and post-graduate students to gain confidence in their ability to perform a physical chemistry experiment and to appreciate the value of the experimental approach.
About the Authors:
Dr. Charu Arora is a Professor (Associate) of Physical Chemistry at Guru Ghasidas University (A Central University), Bilaspur, C.G., India, and has 19 years of teaching and research experience. She has served as the Head of the Department of Chemistry at Guru Ghasidas University and as Division Chair at the Division of Nanochemistry at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, and several other reputed institutes and universities. She is the recipient of the SERS Fellow Award 2017 for contribution in the field of Chemistry during the International Conference on Innovative Approaches in Applied Sciences and Technologies, organized at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2017. She received the SARC Gold Medal Award 2011 conferred by Scientific and Applied Research Centre, CCS University, Meerut, for outstanding contribution in the field of Chemistry Research. She has published more than 50 research papers and 15 book chapters with reputed publishers viz. Elsevier, Bentham Science, Wiley, Academic Excellence, Springer, etc.
Dr. Sumantra Bhattacharya obtained his Ph.D. degree from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, in 2013. The title of thesis is “Study of Response Properties using Coupled Cluster Method”. After obtaining his Ph. D., He worked as Research Fellow at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, South Korea and USA as well as served as an Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) at Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, India. He has published thirteen scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and one book. His research is mainly focused on the development of highly accurate quantum chemical methods to study the response properties of molecules in their low-lying excited state., The application of quantum chemical methods to study the excited state properties and their applications as well as in silico designing of homogeneous reactions were examined.
Keywords
Kinetics, Thermochemistry, Adsorption, Heat of dilution, Adsorption Isotherm, Heat of neutralization, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Conductometric titration, pH-metry, Density measurement, Potentiometry
Please visit the link for more information: https://bit.ly/3tilVGj