UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist
Chemist
- 3 descriptive papers
- 200 marks each
- 3 h per paper
Mains Paper I covers inorganic chemistry.
Short notes
One or two pages per unit for the last week before the exam: formulae, named reactions and the standard diagrams.
- Inorganic solids · 3.2 Defects in solids, non-stoichiometry and semiconductors · 3.3 Inorganic solids: perovskite, spinel, ReO₃, corundum and high-Tc superconductors · 14.4 Main group chemistry: boranes, borazine, phosphazenes, silicates, silicones, interhalogens, xenon and S–N compoundsFreeOpen 3.2Open 3.3Open 14.4
- Chemistry of coordination compounds · 13.2 Crystal field theory · 12.2 Bio-inorganic chemistry: haemoglobin, cytochromes, Fe–S proteins · 13.3 Werner theory, isomerism, IUPAC names and VBT of complexes · 13.6 Substitution in complexes: labile and inert, trans effect, stability constants · 13.7 Electronic spectra of complexes: term symbols, selection rules, charge transferFreeOpen 13.2Open 12.2Open 13.3Open 13.6Open 13.7
- Acid-base titrations · 17.1 Acid–base titrations: curves, indicators, buffersFreeOpen
- Gravimetric analysis · 17.4 Gravimetric analysis: solubility product, precipitation, co-precipitation, organic precipitantsFreeOpen
- Redox titrations · 17.2 Redox titrations: equivalence potential, indicators, iodometryFreeOpen
- Complexometric titrations · 17.3 Complexometric (EDTA) titrations: conditional constants, indicators, maskingFreeOpen
- Organometallic compounds · 13.4 Organometallics: 18-electron rule, oxidative addition, Wilkinson's catalyst · 13.5 Metal carbonyls, nitrosyls, 18-electron rule and metal clustersFreeOpen 13.4Open 13.5
- Nuclear chemistry · 16.1 Nuclear chemistry: decay, binding energy and the GM counterFreeOpen
- Chemistry of d- and f-block elements · 15.1 Lanthanides and actinides: contraction, magnetism, spectra, separation · 14.3 Transition elements: 3d, 4d and 5d compared (radii, oxidation states, redox) · 14.1 Periodic properties: Slater's rules, radii, ionisation and electron-gain enthalpy, electronegativityFreeOpen 15.1Open 14.3Open 14.1
Free to read: 13.2 Crystal field theory, 14.4 Main group chemistry: boranes, borazine, phosphazenes, silicates, silicones, interhalogens, xenon and S–N compounds, 13.3 Werner theory, isomerism, IUPAC names and VBT of complexes, 14.3 Transition elements: 3d, 4d and 5d compared (radii, oxidation states, redox), 13.6 Substitution in complexes: labile and inert, trans effect, stability constants, 17.2 Redox titrations: equivalence potential, indicators, iodometry, 14.1 Periodic properties: Slater's rules, radii, ionisation and electron-gain enthalpy, electronegativity, 13.4 Organometallics: 18-electron rule, oxidative addition, Wilkinson's catalyst, 16.1 Nuclear chemistry: decay, binding energy and the GM counter, 13.5 Metal carbonyls, nitrosyls, 18-electron rule and metal clusters, 15.1 Lanthanides and actinides: contraction, magnetism, spectra, separation, 3.3 Inorganic solids: perovskite, spinel, ReO₃, corundum and high-Tc superconductors, 17.4 Gravimetric analysis: solubility product, precipitation, co-precipitation, organic precipitants, 13.7 Electronic spectra of complexes: term symbols, selection rules, charge transfer, 3.2 Defects in solids, non-stoichiometry and semiconductors, 17.3 Complexometric (EDTA) titrations: conditional constants, indicators, masking, 12.2 Bio-inorganic chemistry: haemoglobin, cytochromes, Fe–S proteins, 17.1 Acid–base titrations: curves, indicators, buffers. Each note is one set for Civil Services, IFoS and Geo-Scientist. More topics follow, and each release is announced on Telegram. All VKC notes