IIT JEE - Study Guide - 5. First Law of Thermodynamics and Chemical Energetics

Sections in the Chapter - Jauhar

5.1 Some Basic Terms and Concepts
5.2 Modes of Transference of Energy between System and Surroundings
5.3 Internal Energy and Internal Energy Change
5.4 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
5.5 Law of Conservation of Energy: First Law of Thermodynamics
5.6 Enthalpy and Enthalpy change
5.7 Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
5.8 Heat Capacity
5.9 Measurement of Internal Energy (Delta U) and enthalpy (Delta H) of a Reaction
5.10 Thermochemical Equations
5.11 Enthalpy Changes in Chemical Reactions
5.12 Enthalpy of Formation
5.13 enthalpy of Combustion
5.14 Enthalpy of Neutralization
5.15 Enthalpy of phase Transitions
5.16 Hess’s Law of Constant Heat Summation
5.17 Bond Enthalpy
5.18 Sources of Energy
5.19 Alternative Energy Sources


Conceptual Questions with Answers: 21
Additional Numerical Problems for Practice: 11
Revision Exercises
Very Short Answer questions: 20
Short Answer Questions: 32
Long Answer Questions: 6

Competition File
Numerical Problems 15
Objective Questions: 39
Fill in the blanks: 10
True or False: 10


Study Plan

Day 1

5.1 Some Basic Terms and Concepts
Ex 5.1
5.2 Modes of Transference of Energy Between System and Surroundings

Day 2

5.3 Internal Energy and Internal Energy Change
5.4 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
5.5 Law of Conservation of Energy: First Law of Thermodynamics
Day 3

5.6 Enthalpy and Enthalpy change
Ex 5.2 to 5.6

Day 4
Practice Problems 5.1 to 5.5
5.7 Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
P.P 5.6, 5.7

Day 5

5.8 Heat Capacity
Ex. 5.7 to 5.9
5.9 Measurement of Internal Energy (Delta U) and enthalpy (Delta H) of a Reaction

Day 6

5.10 Thermochemical Equations
5.11 Enthalpy Changes in Chemical Reactions
5.12 Enthalpy of Formation

Day 7
Ex. 5.11 to 5.14
P.P 5.8 to 5.14

Day 8

5.13 enthalpy of Combustion
Ex. 5.15 to 17
P.P 5.15 to 5.18

Day 9

5.14 Enthalpy of Neutralization
Ex. 5.18
5.15 Enthalpy of phase Transitions
Ex. 5.19, 5.20

Day 10

5.16 Hess’s Law of Constant Heat Summation
Ex. 5.22, 5.23
P.P 5.19 to 5.22

Day 11
Hess’s Law continued
P.P 5.23,
Ex. 5.25
P.P 5.24
Ex. 5.26 to 5.28
P.P. 5.25 to 5.29

Day 12

5.17 Bond Enthalpy
Ex. 5.29 to 5.32

Day 13
P.P 5.30 to 5.33
5.18 Sources of Energy
5.19 Alternative Energy Sources

Day 14
Conceptual Questions with Answers: 1 to 21

Day 15

Additional Numerical Problems for Practice: 5.1 to 5.11

Revision Period Starting

Day 16

Revision Exercises: Very Short Answer questions: 20

Day 17

Revision Exercises: Short Answer Questions: 1 to 16

Day 18
Revision Exercises: Short Answer Questions: 16 to 32

Day 19
Competition File: Numerical Problems 1 to 5

Day 20
Competition File: Numerical Problems 6 to 10

Day 21
Competition File: Numerical Problems 11 to 15

Day 22
Objective Questions: 1 to 20

Day 23
Objective Questions: 21 to 39

Day 24

Fill in the blanks: 10

Day 25

True or False: 10

Day 26

Formula Revision

Day 27
Concept Revision

IIT JEE Chemistry - Study Guide - 4. Chemical Thermodynamics (XII Portin

Sections in the chapter (Jauhar’s Book CBSE)

4.1 Some basic terms and concepts
4.2 Internal energy, heat and work
4.3 First law of thermodynamics
Practice Problems 4.1 to 4.6
4.4 Enthalpy and Enthalpy change
P.P 4.7 to 4.10
4.5 Limitations of first law of thermodynamics: Need of second law
4.6 Randomness and spontaneity
4.7 Entropy
4.8 Second law of thermodynamics
4.9 Entropy change during phase transition
P.P. 4.11 to 4.17
4.10 Gibbs Free energy and free energy change
4.11 Free energy change for predicting feasibility of a reaction
P.P. 4.18 to 4.23
4.12 Standard free energy change
4.13 Standard free energy change and equilibrium constant
P.P. 4.24 to 4.31
4.14 Gibbs free energy change and nonmechanical work
4.15 Absolute entropies and third law of thermodynamics
P.P 4.35 to 4.36


Additional numerical problems for practice 1 to 10
Conceptual Questions with Answers: 12

Revision Exercises
Very Short Answer questions 25
Short Answer Questions 48
Long Answer Questions 10

Competition File
Numerical problems for competitive examinations 17
Objective Questions: 36
Fill in the blanks: 10
True or False: 10


Study Plan

Day 1

4.1 Some basic terms and concepts
4.2 Internal energy, heat and work
4.3 First law of thermodynamics

Day 2

Practice Problems 4.1 to 4.6
4.4 Enthalpy and Enthalpy change
P.P 4.7 to 4.10

Day 3
4.5 Limitations of first law of thermodynamics: Need of second law
4.6 Randomness and spontaneity
4.7 Entropy
4.8 Second law of thermodynamics
4.9 Entropy change during phase transition

Day 4
P.P. 4.11 to 4.17
4.10 Gibbs Free energy and free energy change
4.11 Free energy change for predicting feasibility of a reaction

Day 5
P.P. 4.18 to 4.23
4.12 Standard free energy change
4.13 Standard free energy change and equilibrium constant
P.P. 4.24 to 4.31

Day 6

4.14 Gibbs free energy change and nonmechanical work
4.15 Absolute entropies and third law of thermodynamics
P.P 4.35 to 4.36

Day 7

Additional numerical problems for practice 1 to 10
Conceptual Questions with Answers: 12


Day 8
Revision Exercises: Very Short Answer questions 25

Day 9
Revision Exercises: Short Answer Questions 1 t o 24
Day 10
Revision Exercises: Short Answer Questions 25 to 48

Day 11
Competition File: Numerical problems for competitive examinations 17

Day 12

Competition File: Objective Questions: 1 to 18

Day 13
Competition File: Objective Questions: 19to 36

Day 14

Competition File: Fill in the blanks: 10
Competition File: True or False: 10

Day 15
Concept Revision
Fromula Revision

Day 16 to 30

Revision of the chapter/Extra problems from other books like R.C. Mukherjee, Test Paper books etc..
Use all available time productively to improve your understanding, ability to solve problems and recollection of principles