Concept of static electricity; capacity and use of capacitors in D.C circuits; behaviour of moving charges in conditions; chemical effect of electric current and concepts of magnetic field.
Classification of organic compounds; bonding: reaction and application of aliphatic hydro-carbons; chemical properties; preparation and uses of mono substituted aliphatic hydrocarbons and general methods of petroleum refining.
Solutions and reagents; solvents and their application; storage, extraction dispensing, recovery; Basic sampling techniques; physical and disposal of chemicals in the laboratory; chemical principles in separation; collection, handling and preservation of biological lab specimens; setting up and management of tropical aquarium and animal house and preparation of herbarium.
Analytical process; physical/ chemical principles involved in separation methods; statistical
analysis of experimental data; further understanding of titrimetric analysis including the use of non aqueous solvents and principles and applications of gravimetric analysis.
Principles and applications of reflection and retraction at plane and curved surfaces; working
principles of optical instruments; basic concepts of photometry and the phenomenon of wave, optics and sound waves.
Binary, hexadecimal arithmetic and the coding scheme; fundamentals of boolan algebra and basic logic gates, their operations and applications.
Relationship between energy distribution within a reacting system and the factors which affect
rate of reaction; basic concepts of electrochemistry; effect of solutes on the properties of solvents and colligative proportion of solution.
Cell as the basic unit of life; composition of the nucleus and the cytoplasm of the cell; different types of cell division and their significance; chemical reactions in a cell; different types of specialized cells and their functions; photosynthesis and respiration.