Unit I Water Technology Impurities in water, hardness of water : Types, Units and Numericals. Determination of hardness (by EDTA method using molarity concept) and alkalinity, numericals. Ill effects of hard water in boiler - priming and foaming, boiler corrosion, caustic embrittlement, scale and sludge. Water treatment: i) Zeolite method and numericals ii) Demineralization method. Purification of water: Reverse osmosis and Electrodialysis. (Chapter-1) Unit II Instrumental Methods of Analysis Introduction : Types of reference electrode (calomel electrode), indicator electrode (glass electrode), ion selective electrode: ion selective membranes such as solid membrane, enzyme based membrane and gas sensing membrane. [A] Conductometry: Introduction, conductivity cell, conductometric titrations of acid versus base with titration curve. [B] pH metry: Introduction, standardization of pH meter, pH metric titration of strong acid versus strong base with titration curve. (Chapter-2) Unit III Engineering Materials A] Speciality polymers: Introduction, preparation, properties and applications of the following polymers: 1. Engineering Thermoplastic: Polycarbonate, 2. Bio-degradable polymers: Poly (hydroxybutyrate-hydroxyvalanate), 3. Conducting Polymer: Polyacetylene, 4. Electroluminescent polymer: Polyphenylenevinylene, 5. Polymer composites: Fiber reinforced plastic (FRP)- Glass reinforced and Carbon reinforced polymer composite [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 Fuels Introduction (definition, classification of fuel based on chemical reactions and characteristics of an ideal fuel), Unit V Spectroscopic Techniques
