BT-101 · Engineering Chemistry/Official Syllabus
Engineering Chemistry (BT-101) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
Water – Analysis, Treatments and Industrial Applications
- Sources
- Impurities
- Hardness & its units
- Determination of hardness by EDTA method
- Alkalinity & It’s determination
- related numerical problems
2
Unit 2
Boiler problem & softening methods
- Boiler troubles (Sludge & Scale, Priming & Foaming, Boiler Corrosion, Caustic Embrittlement)
- Softening methods (Lime-Soda, Zeolite and Ion Exchange Methods)
- related numerical problems
3
Unit 3
Lubricants and Lubrication
- Introduction
- Mechanism of lubrication
- Classification of lubricants
- significance & determination of Viscosity and Viscosity Index
- Flash & Fire Points
- Cloud & Pour Points
- Aniline Point
- Acid Number
- Saponification Number
- Steam Emulsification Number
- related numerical problems
4
Unit 4
Polymer & polymerization
- Introduction
- types of polymerisation
- Classification
- mechanism of polymerisation (Free radical & Ionic polymerization)
- Thermoplastic & Thermosetting polymers
- Elementary idea of Biodegradable polymers
- preparation, properties & uses of the following polymers- PVC, PMMA, Teflon, Nylon 6, Nylon 6:6, Polyester phenol formaldehyde, Urea- Formaldehyde, Buna N, Buna S
- Vulcanization of Rubber
5
Unit 5
Phase equilibrium and Corrosion
- Phase diagram of single component system (Water)
- Phase diagram of binary Eutectic System (Cu-Ag.)
- Corrosion: Types, Mechanisms & prevention
6
Unit 6
Spectroscopic techniques and application
- Principle, Instrumentation & Applications
- electronics spectroscopy
- Vibrational & Rotational Spectroscopy of diatomic molecules
7
Unit 7
Periodic properties
- Effective Nuclear Charge
- Variations: S, P, d & f Orbital energies of atoms in periodic table
- Electronics Configuration
- atomic & Ionic sizes
- electron affinity & electro negativity
- Polarizability & Oxidation States
Laboratory Experiments
- Determination of Total hardness by Complexometric titration method
- Determination of mixed alkalinity (OH & CO3, CO3 & HCO3)
- Chloride ion estimation by Argentometric method
- Flash & fire points determination by Pensky Martin Apparatus, Abel’s Apparatus, Cleveland’s open cup Apparatus
- Calorific value by bomb calorimeter
- Viscosity and Viscosity index determination by Redwood viscometer No.1 and No.2
- Proximate analysis of coal (Moisture, Ash, Volatile matter, Carbon residue)
- Steam emulsification No & Aniline point determination
- Cloud and Pour point determination of lubricating oil
- Determination of percentage of Fe in an iron alloy by redox titration using N-Phenyl anthranilic acid as internal indicator
- Determination of Cu and or Cr in alloy by Iodometric Titration
- Determination of % purity of Ferrous Ammonium Sulphate & Copper Sulphate
Reference Books
- Chemistry in Engineering and Technology - Vol.1 &2 — Kuriacose, Rajaram — McGraw Hill Education
- Fundamental of Molecular Spectroscopy — C.N. Banwell — McGraw Hill Education
- Engineering Chemistry — B.K. Sharma — Krishna Prakashan Media (P) Ltd., Meerut
- Basics of Engineering Chemistry — S.S. Dara, A.K. Singh — S. Chand & Company Ltd., Delhi
- Applied Chemistry – Theory and Practice — O.P. Viramani, A.K. Narula — New Age International Pvt. Ltd. Publishers, New Delhi
- Elementary Spectroscopy — Y.R. Sharma — S. Chand Publishing
- Polymer Science — Vasant R. Gowariker, N. V. Viswanathan, Jayadev Sreedhar — New Age International Pvt. Ltd
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry — G.R. Chatwal — Goal Publishing house
- Engineering Chemistry (NPTEL Web-book) — B.L. Tembe, Kamaluddin, M.S. Krishna
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