ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY                                                [1003 / 2003]

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Class B. Tech. 1

Semester  Evaluation

Schedule per week

Examination Time = Three (3) Hours

Lectures      :  3

Maximum Marks = 100

Tutorial        :  1

[Mid-term (20) & End-term (80)]

Units  Contents of the Subject

Water

Common Impurities, Hardness

Determination of hardness by Clarks test and complexometric (EDTA) method, Degree

of hardness

Municipal Water Supply

Requisites  of  drink ing  water,  Purification  of  water,  Sedimentation,  Filtration,

Sterilization, Break point chlorination

I

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)

Fuels

Chemical Fuels: Origin and clas sification 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 cok e-beehive Coke oven and byproduct cok e ovens

II

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  Junk ers  c alorimeter,  Flue  gas  analysis  by  Orsat

apparatus

Phase Rule

Statement, Definition and meaning of the terms involved

Applic ation to one component system (Water and Sulphur systems)

Study of two component s ystem (Ag-Pb system)

Polymers

Plastics:  Classifications  and  cons tituents  of  plastics  and  their  uses ,  Preparation,

III

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 & Viscos ity index, flash & fire point, Cloud and pour point, Emulsific ation

Corrosion

Definition  and  its  significance,  Theories  of  corrosion,  Galvanic  cell  and  c oncentration

cell,  Pitting  and  Stress  corrosion,  Protection  against  corrosion,  Protective  metallic

IV

coating

New Engineering Materials

Brief  idea  of  following:  Superc onductors,  organic  electronic  materials,  Fullerenes  and

Optical fibers

Cement

Manufacturing of Portland cement, Vertical shaft kiln technology

Chemistry of setting and hardening

V

Refractories

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