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1150CH101 ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY 3 0 0 3

Category: Foundation
a. Preamble: This course Engineering Chemistry, imparts a sound knowledge on the
principles of chemistry for better understanding of various engineering concepts
employed to build different applications such as Water Technology, Fuels and
Combustion, Electrochemistry, Engineering Materials, Spectroscopy and
Analytical Techniques.

b. Course Outcomes :
Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
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Course Outcomes (Based on revised
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Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Describe the basic principles of water treatment &
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employed in industries and domestic areas.
Classify the different types of fuels – solid, liquid and
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gas which are employed in different industries.
Demonstrate about electrochemical reactions, corrosion
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and different power sources.
Explain various engineering and polymeric materials
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used in our daily life.
Describe the various aspects of spectroscopic techniques
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materials.
c. Course Syllabus :
UNIT–I WATER TREATMENT AND TECHNOLOGY L-9
Introduction- Hardness - Types - estimation by EDTA method - boiler feed water –
requirements - disadvantages of using hard water in boilers - internal conditioning
(phosphate, calgon and carbonate conditioning methods) - external conditioning
methods - demineralization process – desalination - reverse osmosis – electrodialysis -
domestic water treatment.

UNIT–II FUELS AND COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY L-9

Classification, Characteristics of fuel, Combustion processes- Calorific value: gross
and net calorific values. Solid Fuels: Coal-Classification, Analysis: Proximate and
Ultimate analysis of coal and their importance, Metallurgicalcoke: Properties,
Manufacture by Otto Hoffman process. Liquid fuels- Synthetic Petrol: Fischer-
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Tropsch process and Bergius Process, Knocking and anti-knocking, octane number
and cetane number and their significance, Gaseous Fuels: Natural gas, synthetic gas
(water gas, producer gas). Flue gas analysis – Orsat apparatus

UNIT–III ELECTROCHEMISTRY L-9

Electrochemical cells- reversible and irreversible cell- EMF measurement - single
electrode potential- Nernst equation. Reference electrode – SHE - Calomel electrode -
Glass electrode - measurement of pH. Electrochemical series - significance-
potentiometric titration – Redox titration – Conductometric titration. Primary and
secondary batteries. Lead acid, Lithium batteries (Lithium ion), fuel cells (Hydrogen-
oxygen). Corrosion – Introduction and classification.
UNIT–IV ENGINEERING MATERIALS L-9
Nanomaterials: Introduction - Fullerenes-graphene-Carbon nanotubes-types (single
walled carbon nanotubes and multi walled carbon nanotubes) advantages and
applications- Nano composites. Polymeric composites: Introduction - types of composites
- Particle reinforced - fibre reinforced-structural composites. Abrasives-Classification and
properties, Refractories-Classification and properties, Lubricants- Classification and
properties.

UNIT–V SPECTROSCOPY AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES L-9

Introduction- Electromagnetic radiation- interaction of electromagnetic radiation with
matter- Beer- Lambert’s law- principle, instrumentation (Block Diagram) and
applications of UV- Visible spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy- colorimetry- flame
photometry and Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS).
Total: 45 hrs
d. Learning Resources
(i) Text Books:
T1. P. C. Jain and Monica Jain - “Engineering Chemistry” DhanpatRai Pub,
Co., New Delhi (2008).
T2. A. Ravikrishnan – Engineering Chemistry, Sri Krishna Publication,Chennai
(2012).
(ii) References:
R1. B. K. Sharma - “Engineering Chemistry”, Krishna Prakasan Media (P) Ltd.,
Meerut (2001)
R2. B. Sivasankar - “Engineering Chemistry” Tata McGraw-Hill Pub.Co.Ltd.
New Delhi (2008).
R3. B. R. Puri, L. R. Sharma, S. Pathania - “Principles of
physicalChemistry”(2000).
R4. William Kemp – “Organic spectroscopy” Macmillan publications (1991).

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