Unit-I

Reference Book: Jain & Jain, 15th Ed.

Title
Hardness of
water
Disadvantage
s of Hard
water

Estimation of
Hardness

Softening
methods

Desalination

Sub-title
Hard and soft water
Units of hardness
Numerical problems from water hardness
Disadvantages of hard water
Scale and sludge
Caustic embrittlement
Priming and foaming
Boiler corrosion
EDTA titration method
Numerical problems from EDTA method
Alkalinity: Principle, Procedure and
Calculations (Until Table - 4)
Internal conditioning: Phosphate, Calgon
and Carbonate conditioning
Lime soda method
Numerical problems from Lime soda
method
Zeolite or permutit process
Ion exchange and mixed bed deionizer
Treatment of municipal water
Electrodialysis and Reverse Osmosis

Page #

Solved
Numerical
#

Unsolved
Numerical
#

3, 4

2, 5

16, 17

10, 11

6-9

1, 3, 4, 6

3-5
5
5-6
6-8
9-10
11-12
10-11
33-35
28-30
8-9
12-15

15-17
17-20
20-25
25-27

Unit-II: Corrosion & Corrosion Control

Title

Corrosion

Corrosion
control

Sub-title

Jain &
Jain, 15th
Ed.
Page #

Types - dry and wet corrosion

329-334

Causes of corrosion-forms of corrosion

1. Differential aeration corrosion
2. Pitting corrosion and passivity
3. Galvanic (or bimetallic) corrosion; Galvanic series;
Differences between Galvanic and Electrochemical series
Factors influencing corrosion
1. Nature of the metal - (i) to (ix) points
2. Nature of the corroding environment - (i) to (x) points
Corrosion control
1. Proper designing, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Application of
protective coatings
Protective coatings (Definition, Process and
applications) - Electroplating
1. Objectives;
2. Characteristics of electro-deposit and factors affecting
it - (1) to (14) points;
3. Importance and methods of cleaning metallic articles
before electro-deposition;
4. Electroplating process
Galvanizing
Tinning
Metal cladding
PVD (thermal evaporation, sputtering and ion plating)
CVD

335-336

Prof.
RVR et
al., 1st
Ed.
Page #

337-338
334-335;
341; 342
342-343
343-344
345-350

1. 363;
2. 363-366;
3. 366-367
2.19-2.21

351
351
352
2.22-2.24
2.26-2.27

Unit-III: Industrial Polymers

Title

Sub-title

Classification of Thermoplastics and

Thermosetting plastics:
1. Introduction, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Classification of
polymers
Industrial Preparation, properties and
Classification applications of
of polymers 1. PVC
2.Teflon
3. Nylon-6,6
4. Bakelite
5. Urea formaldehyde
Methods of degradation of polymers
Molding of
Compression, Injection, transfer and extrusion
plastics into
methods
articles
Mechanism of conduction using Poly acetylene
Conducting as example
Polymers
Types of Conducting polymers
1. Intrinsically conducting polymers (ICP)
2. Extrinsically conducting polymers (ECP)

Jain & Jain,

Page #
119-127 (incl.
Table 2)

1. 144
2. 146-147
3. 147-149
4. 150-151
5. 151-152

Prof.
RVR et
al., 1st
Ed.
Page #

3.22-3.23
140-142

Follow the class notes

179
180

Unit-IV: Fuels and Combustion

Title

Sub-title
Classification of fuels.
Characteristics of a good fuel.
Comparison between solid, liquid and gaseous fuels.

Calorific value - Definition of LCV and HCV.

Measurement of calorific value using bomb
calorimeter.
Fuels
Dulongs formula for theoretical calculation of
calorific value of a fuel in page 62
Numerical for bomb calorimeter: Examples 3 to 6.
numericals1 and 2 based on Dulongs formula
Proximate and ultimate analysis of coal, and its
importance
Numericals - Calculation of air quantities for complete
Combustion
combustion of fuel (problems 1 to 7)
Cracking of crude oil: Thermal and Catalytic cracking
Liquid Fuels
types
Knocking & anti-knocking for petrol and diesel (octane
number & cetane number).
Biodiesel sources and applications.
Biofuels

Jain &
Jain, 15th
Ed.
Page #

Prof. RVR
et al., 1st Ed.
Page #

55
56-57
57-58
56
58-59

99-100
66-68
4.9 to 4.21
76-77
81-83
4.28

Unit-V: Electrochemical Energy systems

Title
Electrochemical energy
systems
Conventional primary
batteries
Advanced primary
batteries
Conventional
secondary
batteries
Advanced secondary
batteries
Fuel cells

Sub-title

Jain & Jain,

15th Ed.
Page #

Prof. RVR et
al., 1st Ed.
Page #

Basic concepts of electrolytic and

electrochemical cells

5.1 to 5.4

Dry cell

5.7

Alkaline
Lithium

5.8
5.8 to 5.9

Nickel-Cadmium
Lead-Acid

5.9
5.11 to 5.12

Nickel-Metal hydride
Lithium-ion
HOFCs
SOFCs

5.18 and 5.20

5.10
304-305
307-308