Syllabus - Advance Engineering Chemistry (CM303)

Chemical Engineering

Advance Engineering Chemistry (CM303)

III

Ceramics

Definition & Classification of ceramic materials based on composition, properties & applications, Electro-ceramics, magnetic ceramics, Fine ceramics & Glass-ceramics Natural ceramic minerals & materials such as Clay family, Quartz/Quartzite, Feldspar, Bauxite family, Dolomite, Magnesite.

Refractory

Introduction: raw materials, Fabrication and firing, General manufacturing techniques, Properties and applications of following refractories: Acid (Silica) Refractories, Basic Refractories, Burnt refractories ,Sintered, fused refractories,and Insulating Refractories, Castables.

Glass

Definition of glass: Thermodynamic study for glass formation, Glass transitions Conditions of vitrification; Glass processing: selection of raw materials, effects of different oxides on glass properties, batch preparation, melting in glass tank furnace, refining of glass, Forming process: Blowing, molding , shaping etc

Oils and Fats

Vegetable oils by solvent extraction, processing of animal fats, hydrogenation and esterification of oils; Soaps and Detergents Bathing & laundry soaps, cationic and anionic detergents;, surface active agents.

Chemical Kinetics

Rate constant, order and molecularity of a reaction, zero, 1st, 2nd and 3rdorder reactions; , methods of determination of order of reactions; chemical equilibria Reaction rate theories, Arrhenius, parameters, Catalysis (including enzyme catalysis), effect of catalysis on reaction rate.

Course Outcome

["Ability to familiarize with ceramics and its processing.", "Ability to understand concept of general manufacturing techniques of refractory.", "Ability to understand concept of processing of glass and its casting.", "Ability to understand the processing of oils and fats.", "Ability to understand the reaction rate mechanism."]

Practicals

  • To determine the viscosity of a viscous liquid by falling sphere method

  • Determination of saponification value of oil sample

  • Application of pH meter to find acidity and alkalinity of a solution.

  • To study the hydrolysis of cane sugar solution in the presence of an acid by Fehling’s solution method and to find out the reaction constant.

  • To determine the % composition of a given binary liquid solution by polarimeter.

  • To determine the solubility of a sparingly soluble salt in water by conductance measurement.

  • Preparation of laundry soap and to determine its yield

  • Investigation of Appropriate Refractory Material for Laboratory

  • Manufacturing of glass and ceramics in laboratory scale.

Reference Books

  • B.S.Bahl & G. D. Tuli- Essentials of physical Chemistry. S. Chand & Publishers.

  • Glasstone – Textbook on Physical Chemistry – Prentice Hall, India, New Delhi.

  • Dryden CE- Outlines of Chemical Technology- Prentice Hall, India, New Delhi

  • Levine; Physical Cheistry; TMH.

  • Sivasamkar; Engg Chemistry; TMH

  • Jain & Jain- Engineering Chemisry – Dhanpat Rai Publishing Company, Delhi.

  • Austin G.T, Shreeves; Chemical Process Industry – McGraw Hill – Kogmina

  • Gupta OP; Fuel and Combustion; Khana Pub