Simple definitions, Types of salts, Action of dilute acids on salts, Preparation of normal salts
Action of Ammonium Hydroxide and Sodium Hydroxide on solution of salts; Action of alkalis (NaOH, KOH) on certain metals, their oxides and hydroxides
Electrovalent Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Coordinate Bonding
Hydrogen Chloride; Ammonia; Nitric Acid; Sulphuric Acid
Electrolytes and non-electrolytes; Applications of electrolysis
Occurrence of metals in nature; Extraction of metals; Extraction of Aluminium; Alloys
Gay Lussac's Law of Combining Volumes; Avogadro's Law; atomicity of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and chlorine; Vapour Density; Mole and its relation to mass
Introduction to Organic Compounds; Structure and Isomerism; Homologous series; Simple nomenclature; Hydrocarbons; Alcohols; Carboxylic acids
Periodic properties and their variations in groups and periods - atomic size, metallic character, non-metallic character, ionisation potential, electron affinity, electronegativity.