Syllabus Engineering Chemistry - (BSC-103-BES) Credit Examination Scheme 03 CCE : 30 Marks 01 End-Semester : 70 Marks Term Work : 25 Marks Unit I Water Technology Impurities in water, hardness of water : Types, Units and Numerical. Determination of hardness (by EDTA method using molarity concept) and alkalinity, numerical. Ill effects of hard water in boilers - priming and foaming, scale and sludge. Water treatment : i) Zeolite method and numerical ii) Demineralization method. Purification of water : Reverse osmosis and Electrodialysis. Modern technique for /of atmospheric water generation. (Chapter - 1) Unit II Instrumental Methods of Analysis Introduction : Types of reference electrode (calomel electrode), indicator electrode (glass electrode), ion selective electrode (solid membrane electrode). [A] Conductometry : Introduction, conductivity cell, conductometric titrations of acid versus base with titration curve. (Strong acid - Strong base). Applications of conductometry. [B] pHmetry : Introduction, standardization of pH meter, pH metric titration of strong acid versus strong base with titration curve and its applications. [C] UV-Visible Spectroscopy : Introduction, statement of Beer’s law and Lambert’s law, Electronic transitions in organic molecules, terms involved in UV-visible Spectroscopy. Instrumentation (double beam) and its applications. Numerical: Based on Absorption laws i.e. Molar absorptivity and concentration. (Chapter - 2) Unit III Advanced Engineering Materials [A] Polymers : Introduction, Definition Polymer, Monomer, Functionality of monomers, Classification of polymer (Thermal Behavior-Thermoplastics and Thermosetting). Specialty polymers : Introduction, preparation, properties and applications of the following polymers : 1. Engineering Thermoplastic : Polycarbonate, 2. Biodegradable polymers : Poly (hydroxybutyrate-hydroxyvalerate), 3. Conducting Polymer : Polyacetylene. [B] Nanomaterials : Introduction, classification of nanomaterials based on dimensions (zero dimensional, one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional), structure, properties and applications of graphene and carbon nanotubes, quantum dots (semiconductor nanoparticles). (Chapter - 3) Unit IV Energy Sources Introduction (definition, classification of fuel based on chemical reactions and characteristics of an ideal fuel), Calorific value, Higher calorific value and Lower calorific value, Determination of calorific value : Principle, construction and working of Bomb calorimeter and Boy’s gas calorimeter and numerical, Solid fuel : Coal : Analysis of Coal-Proximate and Ultimate analysis, numerical, Alternative fuels : Power alcohol and biodiesel. Hydrogen gas as a future fuel. Lithium Ion Battery, construction, working, advantages, applications. (Chapter - 4) Unit V Corrosion and its Prevention Introduction, Types of corrosion - Dry and Wet corrosion, mechanism of dry corrosion, nature of oxide films and Pilling-Bedworth’s rule, wet corrosion - mechanism : hydrogen evolution and oxygen absorption, Factors influencing rate of corrosion. Methods of corrosion control and prevention : Cathodic Protection (Sacrificial Anode and Impressed Current), metallic coatings and its types, surface preparation, methods to apply metallic coatings-hot dipping, electroplating. Corrosion Resistant / Anti corrosive paints. (Chapter - 5)
