FOUNDATION COURSES

ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

UNIT–I   WATER TREATMENT AND TECHNOLOGY                    

Introduction- Hardness - Types - estimation by EDTA method - boiler feed water – requirements - disadvantages of using hard water in boilers - internal conditioning (phosphate, calgon and carbonate conditioning methods) - external conditioning methods - demineralization process – desalination - reverse osmosis – electrodialysis - domestic water treatment.

 

UNIT–II     FUELS AND COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY              

Classification, Characteristics of fuel, Combustion processes- Calorific value: gross and net calorific values. Solid Fuels: Coal-Classification, Analysis: Proximate and Ultimate analysis of coal and their importance, Metallurgicalcoke: Properties, Manufacture by Otto Hoffman process. Liquid fuels- Synthetic Petrol: Fischer-Tropsch process and Bergius Process, Knocking and anti-knocking, octane number and cetane number and their significance, Gaseous Fuels: Natural gas, synthetic gas (water gas, producer gas).  Flue gas analysis – Orsat apparatus

 

UNIT–III    ELECTROCHEMISTRY                                         

Electrochemical cells- reversible and irreversible cell- EMF measurement - single electrode potential- Nernst equation. Reference electrode – SHE - Calomel electrode - Glass electrode - measurement of pH. Electrochemical series - significance- potentiometric titration – Redox titration – Conductometric titration. Primary and secondary batteries. Lead acid, Lithium batteries (Lithium ion), fuel cells (Hydrogen-oxygen). Corrosion – Introduction and classification.

 

UNIT–IV    ENGINEERING MATERIALS                                 

Nanomaterials: Introduction - Fullerenes-graphene-Carbon nanotubes-types (single walled carbon nanotubes and multi walled carbon nanotubes) advantages and applications- Nano composites. Polymeric composites: Introduction - types of composites - Particle reinforced - fibre reinforced-structural composites. Abrasives-Classification and properties, Refractories-Classification and properties, Lubricants- Classification and properties.

 

UNIT–V      SPECTROSCOPY AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES          

Introduction- Electromagnetic radiation- interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter- Beer- Lambert’s law- principle, instrumentation (Block Diagram) and applications of UV- Visible spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy- colorimetry- flame photometry and Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS).