CH-101:       ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY 




                                                             COURSE CONTENTS:

Unit
Contents
No. of
hours
I
Water Treatment: Introduction, Sources of water, Common Impurities in water, Hardness of water & its determination by EDTA method, Alkalinity of water, BOD & COD; Hardness of water, Disadvantages of hard water, sludge and scale formation in boilers and its prevention, Techniques of water softening (Zeolite process and ion exchange process). Principles and processes used in domestic water purifiers.

Electrochemistry: Introduction to electrochemistry, Electrodes–reference electrodes, Glass electrode (pH determination), Nernst equation–derivation and applications; Storage devices–lead-acid, Ni-Cd, Li-ion batteries, Hydrogen-oxygen Fuel Cell and Solar Cell.
9
II
Corrosion: Introduction, types of corrosion (dry and wet corrosion), theory of corrosion, types of electrochemical corrosion (galvanic, pitting, differential aeration and stress corrosion), Factors influencing corrosion and Prevention of corrosion.
Spectroscopy: UV-Vis: Principle, instrumentation, Lambert-Beer‟s Law, electronic transitions, auxochrome, chromophore, effect of conjugation and solvent on transition of organic molecules, applications.

IR: Principle, instrumentation, Fundamental vibrations, Hooke‟s Law, effect of masses of atoms, bond strength, nature of substituent and hydrogen bonding on IR frequency, applications.

XRD: Basic principle and applications.
9

III
Fuels and Combustion: Introduction, classification of fuels ( Solid, Liquid and Gases), Analysis of Coal(Proximate and Ultimate), Petroleum fuels, Cracking, Reforming, Octane no, Cetane no, Gaseous fuel – Water gas, producer gas.
Lubricants: Principle of Lubrication, Mechanism of Lubrication, Types and selection of lubricants, Properties of Lubricants.
8
IV
Polymers: Introduction, Types of polymers, Thermoplastic and Thermosetting resins (Synthesis and applications of Bakelite, epoxy resin, Urea formaldehyde, teflon, PMMA, PVC, Polyurethane), Natural and synthetic rubbers, Fibres, Conducting & biodegradable polymers and their applications.

Nano Materials: Introduction, Prepration, Properties of nanomaterials, Graphene, Graphite, Fullerenes, Carbonnano‐tubes, nano‐wires, nano‐cones, Application of nano‐materials.
9

Text Books:
1.                “Engineering Chemistry”, Wiley India
2.                “Physical Chemistry”, Gordon M. Barrow; McGraw Hill


References Books:

1.                Shashi Chawala, “A Text Book of Engineering Chemistry”, Dhanpat Rai & Co.
2.                Peter Atkin, “Physical Chemistry”, W.H. Freeeman Publishers.