Syllabus

Electrochemistry: Redox reactions, Electrode potential, Electrochemical cells, Batteries and Fuel Cells, Applications of Electrochemistry and Numerical problems.
Polymer Chemistry: Introduction, Classification, Synthesis, Characterization, Properties.
Solid State Chemistry: Packing of Solids, Structure of simple binary and ternary compounds, crystal systems, Bravais Lattice, Reciprocal lattice, Crystallographic planes and directions
Spectroscopy: Electromagnetic Radiation and Interaction with matter, Rotational, Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy and their applications.
Fuels, classification & properties, Basic of Petroleum refining, Synthetic fuels : Fischer Tropsch process, Bergius process, Chemistry of biodiesel Antiknock agents, Calorific value & determination Composition and uses of Gaseous fuels Fundamentals of Solid fuel/propellant and high energy materials for diverse applications.

To provide a basic level scientific and technical understanding of chemistry to the first year engineering students.

To have fundamental level understanding on chemistry of materials used for different energy applications.

To understand the synthesis and applications of polymers, solid state materials and fuels.

To have understanding on basic spectroscopic techniques and their applications

1. To understand the interaction between electromagnetic radiation with matter at molecular level and to evaluate the rotational, vibrational and electronic energy level of molecules. To utilize the knowledge in determining the chemical properties and structural aspects of molecules.

2. To analyse the crystal structure, Bravais lattice, metallic and ceramic structures and utilize them in computation of physical properties such as density.

3. To know about fuel and propellant chemistry with special focus on heat of combustion calculation, petroleum refining and generation of synthetic fuels.

4. To understand electrochemical reactions and their application in energy storage devices such as batteries and fuel cell

5. To learn the polymer chemistry, polymerization process and their application in industries.

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S. Sarkar, Fuels and Combustion, Universities Press Publisher, 3rd ed., 2009 , ISBN-9781439825419

C. N. Banwell, E. N. McCash,, Fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 1994.

A. R. West,, Solid State Chemistry and its applications, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2014