104 ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

  Units    Contents of the subjects
I
General Aspects of Fuel: Organic fuels, Origin, classification and general aspects of fossil fuels. Solid fuels, Coal, carbonization of coal, manufacturing of coke by Beehive oven and by product oven method. Liquid fuels, Composition of petroleum, advantages and refining of petroleum. Cracking, reforming, polymerization and isomerization of refinery products. Synthetic petrol, Bergius and Fischer Tropsch process. Knocking, octane number and anti-knocking agents. Gaseous fuels, Advantages, manufacturing, composition and calorific value of coal, gas and oil gas.

II
 Fuels Analyses: Ultimate and proximate analysis of coal, Determination of calorific value of solid and gaseous fuels by bomb and Junker's Calorimeter respectively. Calculations of calorific value based on Dulong's formula. Combustion, requirement of oxygen/ air in combustion process. Flue gas analysis by Orsat's apparatus and its significance.

III
 Polymers: Different methods of classification, basic ideas of polymerization mechanisms. Elastomers: Natural rubber, vulcanization, Synthetic Rubbers viz. Buna-S, Buna-N, Butyl and neoprene rubbers. New Engineering Materials: Fullerenes: Introduction, properties, preparation and uses. Organic Electronic Materials (including conducting polymers- poly (p-phenylene), polythiophenes, Polyphenylene, vinylenes, polypyroles, polyaniline).

IV
 Cement: Definition, Composition, basic constituents and their significance, Manufacturing of Portland cement by Rotary Kiln Technology, Chemistry of setting and hardening of cement and role of gypsum. Glass: Definition, Properties, Manufacturing of glass and importance of annealing in glass making, Types of silicate glasses and their commercial uses, Optical fiber grade glass.

V
 Refractory: Definition, classification, properties, Requisites of good refractory and manufacturing of refractory. Preparation of Silica and fire clay refractory with their uses. Seger's (Pyrometric) Cone Test and RUL Test Lubricants: Introduction, classification and uses of lubricants. Types of lubrication. Viscosity & viscosity index, flash and fire point, cloud and pour point, steam emulsification number, precipitation number and neutralization number.