School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

Syllabus of Chemistry for B.E.-1st Year

Course Name : Applied Chemistry L T P Cr

Course Code : UCB008 3 1 2 4.5

Course Objective: The course aims at elucidating principles of applied chemistry in industrial
systems, water treatment, engineering materials and analytical techniques.

1. Electrochemistry:
Specific, equivalent and molar conductivity of electrolytic solutions, Migration of ions,
Transference number and its determination by Hittorf`s method, Conductometric titrations, types
of electrodes, concentration cells, Liquid junction potential.
2. Phase Rule:
States of matter, Phase, Component and Degree of freedom, Gibbs phase rule, One component
and two component systems.
3. Water Treatment and Analysis:
Hardness and alkalinity of water: Units and determination, External and internal method of
softening of water: carbonate, phosphate, calgon and colloidal conditioning, Lime-soda Process,
Zeolite process, Ion exchange process, mixed bed deionizer, Desalination of brackish water.
4. Fuels:
Classification of fuels, Calorific value, Cetane and Octane number, fuel quality, Comparison of
solid liquid and gaseous fuels, properties of fuel, alternative fuels: biofuels, power alcohol,
synthetic petrol.
5. Chemistry of Polymers:
Overview of polymers, types of polymerization, molecular weight determination, tacticity of
polymers, catalysis in polymerization, conducting, biodegradable polymers and inorganic
polymers.
6. Atomic Spectroscopy:
Introduction to atomic spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectrophotometry and flame
photometry.
7. Molecular Spectroscopy:
Beer-Lambert`s Law, molecular spectroscopy, principle, instrumentation and applications of UV-
Vis and IR spectroscopy.

8. Laboratory Work:
Electrochemical measurements: Experiments involving use of pH meter, conductivity meter,
potentiometer.
Acid and Bases: Determination of mixture of bases.
Spectroscopic techniques: Colorimeter, UV-Vis spectrophotometer.
Water and its treatment: Determination of hardness, alkalinity, chloride, chromium, iron and
copper in aqueous medium.

Course Learning Outcomes: The students will be able to reflect on

1. concepts of electrodes in electrochemical cells, migration of ions, liquid junction
potential and conductometric titrations.
2. concept of phase rule, fuel quality parameters and alternative fuels.
3. water and its treatment methods like lime soda and ion exchange.
4. polymerization, molecular weight determination and applications as biodegradable and
conducting polymers.
 5. atomic and molecular spectroscopy fundamentals like Beer`s law, flame photometry,
atomic absorption spectrophotometry, UV-Vis and IR.
6. laboratory techniques like pH metry, potentiometry, colourimetry, conductometry and
volumetry.

Text Books :
1. Ramesh, S. and Vairam S. Engineering Chemistry, Wiley India, (2012), 1st Ed.
2. Puri, B.R., Sharma,L.R., and Pathania, M.S. Principles of Physical Chemistry, Vishal
Publishing Co., (2008), 42nd Ed.
3. Aggarwal, S. Engineering Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications, Cambridge
University Press, (2015), 1st Ed.

Reference Books:
1. Brown, L.S., Holm, T.A., Chemistry for Engineering Students, Brooks/Cole, (2011), 1st
Ed.
2. Sivasankar, B., Engineering Chemistry, Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co. Ltd, (2008).
3. Shulz, M.J. Engineering Chemistry, Cengage Learnings, (2007), 1st Ed.

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