SSB Odisha Laboratory Assistant-cum-Storekeeper Syllabus 2026 – Chemistry (Digital + PDF)

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Unit 1: Gaseous States

• Deviation from ideal behavior, Vander waals equation of state
• Critical phenomena: PV isotherms of real gases, continuity of states
• The isotherms of Vander waals equation

Unit 2: Atomic Structure

• Idea of de Broglie matter waves, Heisenberg uncertainty principle
• Black-body radiation, Compton effect, photoelectric effect
• Concept of quantization
• Quantum numbers, radial and angular
• Aufbau and Pauli exclusion principles
• Hund's multiplicity rule, effective nuclear charge

Unit 3: Periodic Properties

• Atomic and ionic radii
• Ionization energy, electron affinity
• Electro-negativity definition

Unit 4: Chemical Bonding

• Covalent Bond – Various types of hybridization and shape of simple inorganic molecules and ions
• Application to NH3
• Ionic Solids: Born Haber cycle, Solvation energy and Solubility of ionic Solids
• Polarization and polarisability, Fajan's rule
• Weak Interactions: Hydrogen bonding

Unit 5: Nuclear Chemistry

• Artificial radioactivity, fission and fusion reactions
• Radio Carbon dating

Unit 6: Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis

• Chemical Kinetics and its scope
• Concentration dependence of rates
• Mathematical characteristics of simple chemical reactions – Zero order, first order, second order, pseudo-order
• Half life and mean life

Unit 7: Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

• Mono & poly functional groups
• IUPAC recommendation for naming organic compounds
• Bridge head compounds

Unit 8: Mechanism in Organic Reaction

• Resonance, Hyper conjugation
• Elimination, substitution, free radical mechanism

Unit 9: Inorganic Qualitative Analysis

• Identification of the basic and the acid radicals of a mixture of Inorganic consisting of not more than six radicals

Unit 10: Nomenclature in Complex Inorganic Compounds

• Werner's Theory of coordination compound
• Optical isomerism and geometrical isomerism

Unit 11: Chemistry of Elements

• Characteristic properties of d-block elements
• Properties of the elements of the first transition series
• Lanthanide and actinide

Unit 12: Dilute Solution & Colligative Properties

• Colligative properties, Raoult's law
• Relative lowering of vapour pressure
• Osmotic pressure and its measurement
• Determination of molecular weight from osmotic pressure
• Elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point
• Strength of the solution

Unit 13: Arenes and Aromaticity

• Nomenclature of benzene derivatives, the aryl group
• Aromatic nucleus and side chain
• Structure of benzene – molecular formula and Kekule structure
• Aromaticity – the Huckel rule, the aromatic ions

Unit 14: Volumetric Analysis

• Estimation of Ferrous and Ferric by dichromate method
• Estimation of calcium content in chalk as calcium oxalate by permanganometry

Unit 15: Chemical Equilibrium

• Equilibrium constant and free energy
• Le-Chatelier's principle

Unit 16: Electromagnetic Spectrum & UV Spectrometry

• Ultraviolet Spectrometry – Basic principles

Unit 17: Infra-Red Spectrometry

• Introduction, basic principles of I.R. spectrum

Unit 18: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry

• Introduction, basic principles of NMR

Unit 19: Mass Spectrometry

• Basic principle

Unit 20: Chromatography

• Basic idea on principles of chromatography
• Paper chromatography, column chromatography
• Gas-liquid chromatography, TLC

Unit 21: Organic Qualitative Analysis

• Detection of elements (Nitrogen, Sulphur and halogens)
• Tests of functional groups – phenolic, carboxylic, carbonyl, esters
• Carbohydrates, amides, nitro anilide
• Identification of an organic compound through functional group analysis
• Determination of melting point / boiling point of organic compound
• Preparation of derivative and its melting point determination

Unit 22: Estimation of Phenol and Aniline

• Preparation of Picric acid
• Preparation of ethyl benzoate
• Iodoform from ethanol and acetone

Unit 23: Partition Coefficient & Kinetics

• Partition coefficient at room temperature
• Pseudo-first order hydrolysis rate

Unit 24: Analytical Experiments

• Determination of saponification value of ester
• Estimation of magnesium and calcium in a mixture by EDTA titration