B.E. I & II Sem (All Branches)

I & II SEMESTER

1003/2003. ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
UNITS CONTENT
I

Water

  • Common Impurities, Hardness

  • Determination of hardness by Clark’s test and complexometric (EDTA) method, Degree of hardness

Municipal Water Supply

  • Requisites of drinking water, Purification of water, Sedimentation, Filtration, Sterilization, Break point chlorination

Water for Steam Making

  • Boiler troubles carry over, Corrosion, Sludge and scale formation and caustic embrittlement

Methods of Boiler Water Treatment

  • Preliminary treatments, Preheating, Lime-Soda process, Permutit (Zeolite) process, Deionizer or Demineralizer, Feed water conditioning, Internal treatment, Blow down

  • Numerical problems based on water treatment (Lime-Soda process)
II

Fuels

  • Chemical Fuels: Origin and classification of fuels

Solid Fuels

  • Coal, Proximate and ultimate analysis of coal, Significance of the constituents

  • Gross and net calorific value, Determination of calorific value by Bomb calorimeter

  • Coke – Metallurgical, Coke-carbonization process

  • Manufacture of coke-beehive Coke oven and byproduct coke ovens

Liquid Fuels

  • Advantages, Petroleum and refining of petroleum, Synthetic petrol, Refining and reforming of gasoline

  • Knocking, Octane number, Knocking – Anti knocking agents, Cracking

Gaseous Fuels

  • Advantages, Manufacture, Composition and calorific value of coal gas and oil gas

  • Determination of calorific value by Junker’s calorimeter, Flue gas analysis by Orsat apparatus
III

Phase Rule

  • Statement, Definition and meaning of the terms involved

  • Application to one component system (Water and Sulphur systems)

  • Study of two component system (Ag-Pb system)

Polymers

  • Plastics: Classifications and constituents of plastics and their uses, Preparation, properties and uses of polyethylene, Bakelite, Teryline and Nylon

  • Rubber: natural rubber, Vulcanization, Synthetic rubber viz. Buna-S, Buna-N, Butyl and Neoprene rubbers

Lubricants

  • Classification, Types of lubrication, properties and uses

  • Viscosity & Viscosity index, flash & fire point, Cloud and pour point, Emulsification
IV

Corrosion

  • Definition and its significance, Theories of corrosion, Galvanic cell and concentration cell, Pitting and Stress corrosion, Protection against corrosion, Protective metallic coating

New Engineering Materials

  • Brief idea of following: Superconductors, organic electronic materials, Fullerenes and Optical fibers
V

Cement

  • Manufacturing of Portland cement, Vertical shaft kiln technology

  • Chemistry of setting and hardening

Refractories

  • Definition, properties, classification, properties of silica and fireclay refractories

Glass

  • Preparation, varieties and uses