Engineering Chemistry-1

Categorization Details

Course Code: 
BPC-161
Credit Hours: 
2(2-0-0)
Category: 
Core
Pre-requisite: 
Nil
Semester: 
1
Degree Program: 
B.TECH
Branch: 
Electrical Engineering

Course Details

Catalog Description: 
Modern atomic theory, advanced treatment of chemical bonding, structure and directional properties of molecules, chemical kinetics, catalysis electro chemical cells, corrosion and its prevention, lubrication, semiconductors, co-ordination compounds, crystalline structure, chemical thermodynamics, instrumental methods of chemical analysis.
Detailed Syllabus: 
1-9 Introduction to modern atomic theory, Schrddinger wave equation and its application, wave mechanical model of hydrogen atom & hydrogen atom like ions, wave functions for hydrogen atom like ions and their usefulness in determination of most probable distance and nodal distance, mechanics of He-atom. 9-11 Molecular orbital theory of covalency and its application in energy determination of bonding and antibonding molecular of H2+ V. B. theory of covalency and its application to H2 molecule. 12-13 Directional properties of H2O and NH3 molecules, SO3, PC15 and XeO2. Kinetics of temperature on surface reactions, pH-dependence of rate constants of catalysed reactions, auto catalysis. 14-17 Kinetics of reversible, parallel and consecutive reactions theory of absolute reaction rates. Concentration cells, liquid junction potential fuel cells & their applications. 18-22 Concepts of corrosion types of corrosion and factors affecting the corrosion, chemical and electrochemical theory of corrosion, methods of preventing the corrosion. Classification and mechanism of lubrication. 23-27 Theories of semiconductors, n-type and p-type semiconductors, conductivity of semiconductors, model for impurity semiconductors, organic semiconductors. 28-32 Introduction, valence bond theory, crystal field theory, ligand field theory and molecular orbital theory of bonding in co-ordination compounds, isomerism in co-ordination compounds. 33-37 Crystalline structure-Born-Haber Cycle, Bragg's condition crystal defects. Free energy and entropy changes the chemical process calculation of free energy change entropy change and enthalpy change in chemical and phase changing processes. Gibbs Helmholtz eq-uation, clausius chaperon equation, chemical potential and Gibbs Duhem equation. 38-42 Principles instrumentation and application of IR, NMR, UV-VIS, Mass and as.
Reference Books: 
1. Ira. N. Levine: Quantum Chemistry 2. S. Glasstone: An Introduction to electrochemistry 3. P. W. Atkins: Physical Chemistry 4. Hanna: Quantum Chemistry 5. J. W. Moore & R. G. Pearson: Kinetics & Mechanism 6. Cotton & Wilkinson: Co-ordination Compounds 7. C. A. Culson: Valence 8. J. D. Lee: Concise inorganic chemistry 9. S. H. Marone & J. B. Lando: Physical Chemistry