CODE: 20CA51101

CHADALAWADA RAMANAMMA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(AUTONOMOUS)
Chadalawada Nagar, Renigunta Road, Tirupati – 517 506
B. Tech I Year I Semester (R20) Supplementary Examinations, November - 2021
ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
(EEE, ECE)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70
PART – A
1. Answer any ten questions (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
(a) Explain differences between bonding and anti-bonding molecular orbital.
(b) Calculate the bond order for CO and NO molecule.
(c) Define secondary reference electrode and give examples.
(d) Draw the block diagram of calomel electrode.
(e) Write the properties of nylon-6,6.
(f) Define conducting polymer give an example.
(g) What is electromagnetic radiation.
(h) Define retention time.
(i) Write the applications of supercapacitor.
(j) Explain colour properties of coordination compounds.
(k) Write the differences between atomic and molecular obtial.
(l) What is Beer’s-Lamberts law.
PART - B
Answer all five units (5 x 10 = 50 Marks)

UNIT-I
2. (a) Describe the Schrodinger equation of an atom.
(b) Write the salient features of molecular orbital theory.
OR
3. (a) Draw molecular orbital energy level diagram for NO.
(b) How do you calculate bond order explain with example.

UNIT-II
4. (a) What are reference electrodes? Describe construction of glass electrode.
(b) A galvanic cell consists of Cu versus H2 electrode was used to determine the pH of an
unknown solution which was placed in H2 electrode compartment and pH2 = 1 atm.

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5. (a) How emf is measured by potentiometric method.
(b) Explain the working principle and applications of H2-O2 fuel cell with reactions.

UNIT-III
6. (a) What are the differences between thermosetting and thermoplastics.
(b) What are conducting polymers? Explain the mechanism of conduction in a conducting
polymer.
OR
7. (a) Describe the preparation and properties of urea-formaldehyde resin.
(b) What is addition polymerisation? Explain the free radical polymerization with suitable
example

UNIT-IV
8. Explain the principle, classification and applications of IR-Visible spectrophotometer.

OR

9. (a) Describe the different applications of analytical instruments.

(b) Discuss the Solid-Liquid Chromatography.

UNIT-V
10. (a) What are salient features of crystal field theory.
(b) Explain the properties and applications of fullerenes.

OR

11. (a) Explain the band energy level diagrams for solids.
(b) Explain crystal field spilliting of tetrahedral geomentry.

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