Day 1

Physical and Chemical Principles

 Definition of DNA and RNA  A question on “oxalic acid” and
(deoxyribonucleic acid and about its “diprotic” nature.
ribonucleic acid)  Concentration problem with “Laguna
 A question revolving on hydrolysis Lake” and the parameters “10,000
of enzymes. mg/L with H2O2”
 A question involving ATP.  Egg problem with Liquid Nitrogen
 A question involving “hydrogen” (please see Nov. 2014 Board Exam
and adenine/uracil. Questions)
 Zoological question on why trouts  Simple pV=nRT problem
like to live in cold water. One of the  Who discovered resonance?
choices was that “Scales are thick”, o Alfred Nobel
but this is not the answer. o Linus Pauling (ans)
 When will a pine tree grow in o Immanuel/Emmanuel?
Alaska? o Le Chatelier
o Not in a million years  How many grams of NaCl in a 200
o It depends on the carbon mls (?) water solution to produce 5%
dioxide NaCl? Another question was given
o Greenhouse effect but the requirement this time was
o All of the above. 10% NaCl.
 What is the unit of avogadro’s  If you are a chemical engineer and in
number? (atoms/mol) the cement industry, how will you
 Which of the following involves a collect the dust?
chemical reaction? o Venturi Scrubber
o Reaction of nonmetals o Cyclone
o Oxidation-Reduction o Bag House
 Definition of “zeroth law of  What is the purpose of genetic
thermodynamics” engineering and biochemical
 Problem on Michaelis-Menten engineering?
definition  How is something made polar?
 How do you differentiate o Difference between
electromagnetic radiation? electronegativity is
o Wavelength less/greater than 2.1.
o Photons  A lot of questions on solving
o Frequency molarity and normality
o Energy (neutralization, pH)
 Similarities between malic acid and  A problem involving the “PNR” and
citric acid. “herbicide/pesticide”
o Hydrolytic acids  A problem on Kinetics (CSTR)
o Acetates  Three questions on naming (Organic
 A question on “cyclohexane” and its Chemistry)
structure
 H2SO4 + Fe2SO4 + KMNO4 ->
(predict the reactions and balance;
answers were the coefficients)
 What is Arrhenius base and acid
equilibrium?
o 0.01 M with pK 1.8
o 0.1 M of weak acid and 0.01
M of the same acid
o D) 0.1 M of acid and 0.1 M
of base
 A problem using “Dalton’s partial
pressure” equation
 Electrochemistry: Given reactions,
which one is galvanic?
 Electrochemistry: Faraday problem,
Q = It
 Thermochemistry: 15.1 g of ice and
15.1 g of solid ethanol, what is the
heat of melting? Choices are in cal/g.
 Thermochemistry: 2000 calories;
how many percent of heat given
temperature change from 37 to 20
degrees Celsius of a 70 kg person; cp
of person is given. Answer is 50%
 Given a balloon, change in
temperature at same pressure would
involve increase in volume. Answer
is Charles’ Law.
 Why does carbon have a lot of alkyl
substituent possibilities?
o Four potentials of sharing
(due to valence)
o Cyclo/linear characteristics
o All of the above
 Magic Number? (in physics,
complete set of nucleons)
o 2, 8, 20, 28, etc.
 Problems on oxygen requirement.
 Two problems on BOD requirement.
 What can you sacrifice to protect
iron from corrosion? (Possible
answers derived from activity series)
 Given %Sn and %), find the
empirical formula. Ans: SnO2
 Vanadium Oxide problem, find the
mass formed.
 Delta H vaporization problem.
 Given Fe3+, find the pH.
 Otto Cycle: Find thermal efficiency,
MEP. Substance is Air.
 How many neurons are there in C-
14? Ans: 8
 Instrument in measuring Radiation
o Geiger Counter and Chamber
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 Day 2
Chemical Engineering Principles
 Stoichiometry
o 9 items
 Humidification – psychrometry At
30 degrees Celsius, 750 mmHg,
humidity of 0.0055, 5% RH, molal
humidity,
 2000 degrees Fahrenheit, 100
degrees fahrenheit. kiln: fire clay
(4.5 in, k = 0.9) + insulator (3 in, k =
0.12) + building wall (4 in, k = 0.4).
Heat loss = 250 btu/hr-ft2. Question:
What is the temperature drop at the
other side. Temperature: Between
building wall and insulator: 300;
between insulator and fire clay:
1800.
o Answers: 195, 194, 190
o Minimum thickness
o Actual heat loss per area
 Crystallization
o KCl, 1500 kg; 30%, 1200
density (kg/m3), 360 to 290
K, given solubility of 55.35
at 360, 290 solubility of 32.
 Crystals formed
 Mother liquor
 Capacity
 10,000 lb/hr Na2SO4 30%,
crystallize below 31 degrees Celsius;
find crystals formed -> Na2SO4*10
H2O
 Evaporation – simple
 Bernoulli
 Van der waals
 Membrane Separation
 37 items most in Perry’s
 Informal – zeroth law
o Thermometer
 No distillation and no leaching
 Thermodynamics:
 What flowmeter is not affected by
radial velocity?
 Drying: Concept; fill in the blanks.
Gradient, temperature.
 Of all the internal energy, this is not
part of it: free energy, enthalpy
 What is put in the thermocouple to
increase the accuracy of the reading?
 What instrument is used in
measuring temperature without
contact with the fluid or vessel?
o Thermistors
o Radial
 What evaporator can be used for
recompression?
 Filter that you can remove the plates
and stuff:
o Plate and Frame
 Kind of flow that is imaginary:
o One-dimensional
o Turbulent
o Multi-dimensional
o Viscous
 Coating to handle toxic materials to
prevent leaks
 Two answers in kinetics
 Sylbite (KCl)
 Three piston-cylinder set-up. Given
7 bar initial pressure and volume is
doubled. Work.
 Thermodynamics: istothermal
 Significance of Boltzmann Constant
 You are given waste with a
composition of 2.1 % CO2, bottoms
stream involved addition of 4 lb/min
CO2 pure. Final concentration is
3.2%, other gases balance. Find
entering stream in lbmol/min and
leaving stream in lbmol/min and
mole fraction of pure carbon dioxide.
 Convert Boltzmann constant to ergs
 1.4 m3/s; water from a tank. Pumped
through a local something in two
parallel pipes (d = 0.3, 0.6 m).
 Calculate the velocity in pipe 0.6m.
What is the diameter of the single
pipe if the two were one
 Heat exchanger, how many tubes?
 If you are an engineer, where would
you base your operations? Standard
operating procedure or solving
 Potential and Kinetic Energy
 Importance of pressure –safety
 Critical pressure and temperature

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