Students of Maharashtra Board Chemistry in Class 11 have been prescribed an effective syllabus for the year 2014-15. The Chemistry syllabus for Class 11 includes topics like Some Basics Concept of Chemistry, States of Matter, Structure of atom, Periodic Table, Redox reactions, Chemical Equilibrium and Surface Chemistry. The inclusion of these chapters in the syllabus will help students score better in entrance exams for higher level academics.
The broad objectives of teaching Chemistry at Higher Secondary stage are to help the learners :
1. To promote understanding of basic facts and concepts in chemistry while retaining the excitement of chemistry.
2. To make students capable of studying chemistry in academic and professional courses (such as medicine, engineering, technology) at tertiary level.
3. To expose the students to various emerging new areas of chemistry and apprise them with their relevance in their future studies and their applications in various spheres of chemical sciences and technology.
4. To equip students to face various changes related to health, nutrition, environment, population, weather, industries and agriculture.
5. To develop problem solving skills in students.
6. To expose the students to different processes used in industries and their technological applications.
7. To apprise students with interface of chemistry with other disciplines of science such as physics, biology, geology, engineering, etc.
Unit 1: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
Unit 2 :States of matter : Gases and liquids
Unit 3 : Structure of atom
Unit 4 : Periodic table
Unit 5: Redox reactions
Unit 6: Chemical equilibrium
Unit 7 : Surface chemistry
Unit 8 : Nature of chemical bond
Unit 9 : Hydrogen
Unit 10: s-Block elements (Alkali and alkaline earth metals)
Group 1 and Group 2 elements :
Unit 11 : p-Block elements
Group Introduction to p-Block elements
Unit 12: Basic principles and techniques in organic chemistry
Unit 13 : Alkanes
Unit 14 : Alkenes
Unit 15: Alkynes
Unit 16 : Aromatic compounds
Unit 17: Environmental chemistry
A. Basic laboratory techniques
(i) Cutting glass tube and glass rod
(ii) Bending glass tube
(iii) Drawing out a glass jet
(iv) Study of burner
(v) Operating pinch cork
B. Characterization and purification of chemical substances
(i) Determination of melting point of an organic compound. (p-toludine, naphthalene, oxalic acid, β-naphthol, resorcinol, benzoic acid.)
(ii) Determination of boiling point of an organic compound. (acetone, methyl acetate, acetic acid, xylene (o,m,p), water)
(iii) Crystallization of impure sample of any one of the following compounds. Alum, copper sulphate, benzoic acid.
C. Surface chemistry
(a) Preparation of one lyophilic and one lyophobic sol: Lyophilic sol-starch and gum. Lyophobic sol–aluminium hydroxide, ferric hydroxide, arseneous sulphide.
(b) Study of the role of emulsifying agents in stabilizing the emulsion of oil.
D. Chemical equilibrium
Any one of the following experiments:
(a) Study the shift in equilibrium between ferric ions and thiocyanate ions by changing the concentration of either ion.
(b) Study the shift in equilibrium between [Co(H2O)6]2+ and chloride ions by changing the concentration of either of the ions.
E. Experiments related to pH change
(i) Any one of the following experiments:
(a) Determination of pH of some solutions obtained from fruit juices, varied concentrations of acids, bases and salts using pH paper or universal indicator.
(b) Comparing the pH solutions of strong and weak acid of same concentration.
(c) Study the pH change in the titration of a strong base using universal indicator.
(ii) Study of pH change by common ion effect in case of weak acids and bases.
F. Quantitative estimation
(a) Using a chemical balance.
(b) Preparation of standard solution of oxalic acid.
(c) Determination of strength of a given solution of sodium hydroxide by titrating it against standard solution of oxalic acid.
(d) Preparation of standard solution of sodium carbonate.
(e) Determination of strength of a given solution of hydrochloric acid by titrating it against standard sodium carbonate solution.
G. Qualitative analysis
Determination of one cation and one anion in a given salt:
Cations – Pb2+, Cu2+, Al3+, Fe3+, Mn2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Mg2+, NH4+
Anions – CO32- SO32- SO42-NO2-NO3-Cl–, Br–, I–, PO43-C2O42-CH3COO-
(Note: Insoluble salts excluded)
H. Detection of nitrogen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine and iodine in an organic compound.
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