Course

Unit 1: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (6 hours)

Fundamental particles of atom – their mass, charge and location – atomic number and mass number – Schrondinger equation. Significance of ψ and ψ2 – orbital concept – quantum numbers – electronic configuration. Periodic properties. Formation of cation and anion by electronic concept of oxidation and reduction – theories on bonding- octet, Sidwick and Powell, VSEPR and VBT-MOT. Formation of electrovalent, covalent and coordination compounds. Chemistry of weak interactions – van der Waals force and hydrogen bonding.

Unit II: Electrochemical energy system (8 hours)

Faradays laws, origin of potential, electrochemical series, reference electrodes, Nernst equation, introduction to batteries – classification – primary, secondary and reserve (thermal) batteries. Characteristics – cell potential, current, capacity and storage density, energy efficiency. Construction, working and application of Leclanche cell-Duracell, Li-MnO2 cell, lead acid batteries. Ni-Cd battery, Lithium ion batteries. Fuel cell – construction and working of PEMFC.

Unit III: Photochemistry and solar energy (8 hours)

Unit IV: Solid state Chemistry (8 hours)

Crystalline and amorphous solids, isotropy and anisotropy, elements of symmetry in crystal systems indices – Miller indices, space lattice and unit cell, Bravais lattices, the seven crystal systems and their Bravais lattices, X-ray diffraction – Bragg’s equation and experimental methods (powder method and rotating crystal technique), types of crystals – molecular, covalent, metallic and ionic crystals – close packing of spheres – hexagonal, cubic and body centered cubic packing, defects in crystals – stoichiometric, non-stoichiometric, extrinsic and intrinsic defects.

UNIT V: Polymer and composite Materials (8 hours)

Conducting polymers : Conducting mechanisms – Electron transport and bipolar polymers. Photoconductive polymers : Charge carriers, charge injectors, charge transport, charge trapping. Polymers for optical data storage – principles of optical storage, polymers in recording layer. Thermosensitive polymers : Applications – Mechanical actuators and switches. Photo resists – Types – Chemically amplified photoresists -Applications. Magnetic polymers – structure and Applications. Liquid crystalline polymers : Fundamentals and process, liquid crystalline displays – applications. Organic LEDs-their functioning-advantages and disadvantages over conventional LEDs – their commercial uses. Piezo electric materials.

1. Vairam and Ramesh “Engineering Chemistry”, Wiley, 2012
2. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Department of Sciences, “Chemistry Fundamentals for Engineers”, McGraw Hill Education, 2015.

• ain and Jain, “Engineering Chemistry”, DhanpatRai Publishing company, 2015
• Puri, Sharma and Patania, “ Principles of Physical chemistry”, Vishal Publishing Co., 2017.
• Atkins, “Physical Chemistry”, OUP, Oxford, 2009

Course Outcomes

The student at the end of the course will:

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