Chemistry: Textbook For Class XI
Chemistry: Textbook For Class XI
Chemistry: Textbook For Class XI
Part I
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FOREWORD
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005 recommends that children’s life at
school must be linked to their life outside the school. This principle marks a departure
from the legacy of bookish learning which continues to shape our system and causes a
gap between the school, home and community. The syllabi and textbooks developed on
the basis of NCF signify an attempt to implement this basic idea. They also attempt to
discourage rote learning and the maintenance of sharp boundaries between different
subject areas. We hope these measures will take us significantly further in the direction of
a child-centred system of education outlined in the National Policy on Education (1986).
The success of this effort depends on the steps that school principals and teachers
will take to encourage children to reflect on their own learning and to pursue
imaginative activities and questions. We must recognise that, given space, time and
freedom, children generate new knowledge by engaging with the information passed
on to them by adults. Treating the prescribed textbook as the sole basis of examination
is one of the key reasons why other resources and sites of learning are ignored.
Inculcating creativity and initiative is possible if we perceive and treat children as
participants in learning, not as receivers of a fixed body of knowledge.
These aims imply considerable change in school routines and mode of functioning.
Flexibility in the daily time-table is as necessary as rigour in implementing the annual
calender so that the required number of teaching days are actually devoted to teaching.
The methods used for teaching and evaluation will also determine how effective this
textbook proves for making children’s life at school a happy experience, rather than a
source of stress or boredom. Syllabus designers have tried to address the problem of
curricular burden by restructuring and reorienting knowledge at different stages
with greater consideration for child psychology and the time available for teaching.
The textbook attempts to enhance this endeavour by giving higher priority and space
to opportunities for contemplation and wondering, discussion in small groups, and
activities requiring hands-on experience.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) appreciates
the hard work done by the textbook development committee responsible for this book.
We wish to thank the Chairperson of the advisory group in science and mathematics,
Professor J.V. Narlikar and the Chief Advisor for this book, Professor B. L. Khandelwal
for guiding the work of this committee. Several teachers contributed to the development
of this textbook; we are grateful to their principals for making this possible. We are
indebted to the institutions and organisations which have generously permitted us to
draw upon their resources, material and personnel. As an organisation committed to
systemic reform and continuous improvement in the quality of its products, NCERT
welcomes comments and suggestions which will enable us to undertake further
revision and refinement.
Director
New Delhi National Council of Educational
20 December 2005 Research and Training
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CHIEF ADVISOR
B.L. Khandelwal, Professor (Retd.), Emeritus Scientist, CSIR; Emeritus Fellow, AICTE
and formerly Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology,
New Delhi
MEMBERS
A. S. Brar, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Anjni Koul, Lecturer, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
H.O. Gupta, Professor, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
I.P. Aggarwal, Professor, Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal
Jaishree Sharma, Professor, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
M. Chandra, Professor, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
Poonam Sawhney, PGT (Chemistry), Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vikas Puri, New Delhi
R.K. Parashar, Lecturer, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
S.K. Dogra, Professor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of
Delhi, Delhi
S.K. Gupta, Reader, School of Studies in Chemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior
Sadhna Bhargava, PGT (Chemistry), Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Shubha Keshwan, Headmistress, Demonstration School, Regional Institute of Education,
Mysuru
Sukhvir Singh, Reader, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
Sunita Malhotra, Professor, School of Sciences, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi
V.K. Verma, Professor (Retd.), Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
V.P. Gupta, Reader, Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal
MEMBER-COORDINATOR
Alka Mehrotra, Reader, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The National Council of Educational Research and Training acknowledges the valuable
contributions of the individuals and organisations involved in the development of
Chemistry textbook for Class XI. It also acknowledges that some useful material from
the reprint editions (2005) of Chemistry textbooks has been utilised in the development
of the present textbook.
The following academics contributed effectively in editing, reviewing, refining and
finalisation of the manuscript of this book: G.T. Bhandage, Professor, RIE, Mysuru;
N. Ram, Professor, IIT, New Delhi; Sanjeev Kumar, Associate Professor, School of
Science, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi; Shampa Bhattacharya, Associate
Professor, Hans Raj College, Delhi; Vijay Sarda, Associate Professor (Retd.), Zakir
Husain College, New Delhi; K.K. Arora, Associate Professor, Zakir Husain College,
New Delhi; Shashi Saxena, Associate Professor, Hans Raj College, Delhi; Anuradha
Sen, Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi; C. Shrinivas, PGT, Kendriya Vidyalaya,
Pushp Vihar, New Delhi; D.L. Bharti, PGT, Ramjas School, Sector IV, R.K. Puram, New
Delhi; Ila Sharma, PGT, Delhi Public School, Dwarka, Sector-B, New Delhi; Raj Lakshmi
Karthikeyan, Head (Science), Mother’s International School, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New
Delhi; Sushma Kiran Setia, Principal, Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Hari Nagar (CT),
New Delhi; Nidhi Chaudray, PGT, CRPF Public School, Rohini, Delhi; and Veena Suri,
PGT, Bluebells School, Kailash Colony, New Delhi. We are thankful to them.
We express our gratitude to R.S. Sindhu, Professor (Retd.), DESM, NCERT, New
Delhi, for editing and refining the content of the textbook right from the initial stage.
We are also grateful to Ruchi Verma, Associate Professor, DESM, NCERT, New
Delhi; Pramila Tanwar, Assistant Professor, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi; R.B. Pareek,
Associate Professor, RIE, Ajmer; and A.K. Arya, Associate Professor, RIE, Ajmer, for
refining the content of the textbook.
Special thanks are due to M. Chandra, Professor and Head (Retd.), DESM, NCERT
for her support.
The Council also gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Surendra Kumar,
Narender Verma and Ramesh Kumar, DTP Operators; Subhash Saluja, Ramendra
Kumar Sharma and Abhimanyu Mohanty, Proofreaders; Bhavna Saxena, Copy
Editor; and Deepak Kapoor, In-charge, Computer Station, in shaping this book. The
contributions of the Publication Department, NCERT, New Delhi, in bringing out this
book are also duly acknowledged.
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CONTENTS
Foreword iii
Unit 1 Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry 1
1.1 Importance of Chemistry 4
1.2 Nature of Matter 4
1.3 Properties of Matter and their Measurement 6
1.4 Uncertainty in Measurement 10
1.5 Laws of Chemical Combinations 14
1.6 Dalton’s Atomic Theory 16
1.7 Atomic and Molecular Masses 16
1.8 Mole Concept and Molar Masses 18
1.9 Percentage Composition 18
1.10 Stoichiometry and Stoichiometric Calculations 20
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