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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY/JUNE 2009. Second Semester Civil Engineering

CY 2161 ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY II

(Common to all branches except Marine Engineering) (Regulation 2008) Time : Three hours

Answer ALL questions.

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What are the conditions for an electrochemical cell to act as a standard cell? What is an ion selective electrode?

Write the effect of pH of the conducting medium on corrosion of metals. What is the principle involved in impressed cathodic current method of prevention of corrosion? What is the drawback of presence of sulphur in the coal? Define cetane number. Write the number of phases and components in the following heterogeneous system : CuSO4 (s) + 5H 2 O(1) CuSO 4 .5 H 2 O(s) . Give any two uses each of brass and bronze. What are the sources of IR radiation in IR spectrophotometer?

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What are the differences between flame photometry and atomic absorption spectrophotometry? Write any two.

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PART A (10 2 = 20 marks)

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PART B (5 16 = 80 marks) 11. (a) (i) What is an irreversible cell? Explain the irreversibility taking a suitable example. (6) Explain the principle involved in conductometric titrations. Give an experimental procedure for the titration between a strong acid and a strong base conductometrically. (10) Or (b) (i)

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What is a secondary reference electrode? Explain the construction and working of a secondary reference electrode. (6) Explain the principle involved in potentiometric titrations. Write an experimental procedure for carrying out the titration of a redox reaction. (10)

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(i)

Explain chemical corrosion. Also explain the intensity of corrosion varying with the nature of oxide layer formation over metal. (6)

(b)

(i)

What is differential aeration corrosion? Write its mechanism. Give any illustrations that show differential corrosion. (6) Discuss the various types of metallic coatings explaining the method of coatings. (10) What is proximate analysis? Write its significance. (6)

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(a)

(i) (ii)

What is synthetic petrol? How is it manufactured by Bergius Process? (10) Or

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Calculate the volume of air required for the complete combustion of 1 m3 of the gasous fuel having the following composition by volume.: H2 = 50% CH4 = 36% N2 = 1.5% CO = 6% C2H4 = 4% H2O vapour = 2.5 %. (6) What is flue gas analysis? How is it carried out by Orsats process? (10) 2/3

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What is a paint? What are the constituents of a paint and their functions? (10)

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14. (a) (i) (ii) Explain the lead silver system with the necessary phase diagram. (6) State phase rule. Explain the terms involved in it with the required examples. (10) Or (b) (i) (ii) How are the properties of metals improved by alloy formation? (6)

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What is condensed phase rule? Explain the thermal analysis of solid solution. (10) How is sodium estimated by flame photometry? (6)

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(i) (ii)

Derive mathematical form of Beer Lamberts law. At definite wave length, an absorber when placed in a cell of 1 cm path length absorbs 20% of the incident light. If the absorptivity of the absorber at this wavelength is 2.0, find out its concentration. (10) Or

(b)

(i) (ii)

What are the applications of UVvisible spectroscopy?

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Explain the principle and instrumentation of atomic absorption spectrophotometer. (10)

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