Faculty of Engineering

B. Tech (First Year Programme)

I Semester
Mid-Term-I Examination: 2020-21
Engineering Chemistry – CY1001
(CLOSED BOOK)

Duration: 1 Hour Max. Marks: - 20

Instructions:
 Answer all questions
 Missing data, if any, may be assumed suitably.
 Calculator allowed

1. (a) How can you convert long chain hydrocarbon to short (C-4 to C-9) hydrocarbon? [2]
Discuss the most suitable method employed for doing this.

(b) A bomb calorimeter experiment with 1.5 g of coal sample yields HNO3. The heat [3]
generated due to this acid formation is 28.58 cal. Determine the % of nitrogen in
the coal sample. (molecular weight of HNO3 is 63 and atomic weight of nitrogen is
14).

2. (a) Materials in nano dimension have unique properties. What is unique about them and [2]
why do they behave differently from bulk materials?

(b) A bomb calorimeter containing 1000 grams of water was calibrated by burning an [3]
organic compound with molecular formula C7H6O2, whose heat of combustion (∆H)
is -771 kcal/mol (exothermic reaction). When 1.5 g of the compound is burned in
the calorimeter, the temperature of the water and the calorimeter increases by 5°C.
Using these data, calculate the water equivalent of the calorimeter.

3. (a) Which process is performed to improve the properties of the natural rubber? What [2]
are the structural changes happened in the process? Explain with diagram/ structure.

(b) Calculate
the minimum amount (volume) of oxygen and air required for complete
combustion of 1 m3 of a gaseous fuel containing 30% methane, 30% ethane and [3]
40% propane. Also calculate the total volume of CO2 generated during combustion.

4. (a) Draw the different structures of the polyacrylonitrile based on tacticity of the [2]
polymer.

(b) A polymer sample analysis indicated presence of 20% (by weight) of [3]
macromolecules of molecular weight 2000, 30% (by weight) of macromolecules
of molecular weight 3000 and 50% (by weight) of macromolecules of molecular
weight 5000. Calculate the number average and weight average molecular weight
of the sample.