About the BookAbout the AuthorTable of Contents

• This book contains a complete treatment of practical chemistry which would meet the requirement of undergraduate students of chemistry at different universities in India.
• Presents the basic theory and procedure for each experiment.
• Divided into three sections – Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.

V K Ahluwalia is a Visiting Professor at the Dr B R Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi. He has been teching gradaute and postgraduate students for over 30 years, and has also delivered a number of invited lectures in India and abroad. He has published a number of papers and is the author of "Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Qualitative Analysis" and "Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Preparation and Quantitative Analysis", both published by Universities Press. Sunita Dhingra and Adarsh Gulati are Readers at Miranda House, University of Delhi with about 20 years of teaching experience.

Preface / Part I: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY: Qualitative Inorganic Analysis / Volumetric Analysis / Gravimetric Analysis / Preparation of Inorganic Compounds / Part II: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: Qualitative Organic Analysis (Systematic Identification of Organic Compounds) / Preparation and Isolation of Organic Compounds / Chromatography / Part III: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: Physical Methods for Determining Molar Masses / Measurement of Viscosities and Surface Tensions of Liquids / Measurement of Solubilities / Determination of Transition Temperatures / Determination of Order of a Reaction / Adsorption Studies / Polyphase Heterogeneous Equilibria / Thermochemical Measurements / Conductance Measurements in Electrolytes / Potentiometric Measurements in Chemical Systems / Polarography / Polarimetry and Photometry / Appendices / Index