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Course Detail

Course Name Industrial Reagents and Environment
Course Code 25CHY102
Semester 1
Campus

Syllabus

Lab Component: (15 hours)1) Determination of dissolved oxygen in water using volumetric analysis.2) Measurement of chloride, sulphate and salinity of water samples by simple titration method. (AgNO3 and potassium chromate).3) Determination of percentage of available chlorine in bleaching powder.4) Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)5) Estimation of Sodium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate in a mixture.6) Preparation of Boric acid.7) Estimation of Ammonia in Ammonium Salt by Back Titration.8) Estimation of Ferrous ions using Potassium Permanganate.9) Estimation of Ferrous ions Using Potassium Dichromate with Internal & External Indicators. 10) Standardisation of Sodium Thiosulphate using Potassium Dichromate and estimation of Iodine.11) Standardisation of EDTA solution using Zinc Sulphate and determination of Mg or Ca.12) Estimation of Copper in a Copper salt by Iodimetry.

Unit I

Chemical Technology (10 hours)Basic principles of distillation, solvent extraction, solid-liquid leaching and liquid-liquid extraction, separation by absorption and adsorption. An introduction to the scope of different types of equipment needed in chemical technology, including reactors, distillation columns, extruders, pumps, mills, emulgators. Scaling up operations in chemical industry. Introduction to clean technology.

Unit II

Industrial Gases and Inorganic Chemicals (9 hours) Industrial Gases: Large scale production, uses, storage and hazards in handling of the following gases: oxygen, nitrogen, argon, neon, helium, hydrogen, acetylene, carbon monoxide, chlorine, fluorine, sulphur dioxide and phosgene.Inorganic Chemicals and Metallurgy: Manufacture, application, analysis and hazards in handling the following chemicals: hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, caustic soda, common salt, borax, bleaching powder, sodium thiosulphate, hydrogen peroxide, potash alum, chrome alum, potassium dichromate and potassium permanganate. Industrial Metallurgy: Preparation of metals (ferrous and nonferrous) and ultra pure metals for semiconductor technology.

Unit III

Air Pollution (6 hours)Air Pollutants and their sources, pollution by SO2 , CO2 , CO, NOx, H2S and other foul smelling gases. Methods of estimation of CO, NOx, SOx and control procedures. Green House effect and Global warming, Ozone depletion by oxides of nitrogen, chlorofluorocarbons and Halogens, removal of sulphur from coal. Control of particulates.

Unit IV

Water pollution and Water Quality Standards (10 hours)Water pollutants and their sources, Effluent treatment plants (primary, secondary and tertiary treatment). Industrial effluent from the following industries and their treatment: electroplating, textile, tannery, dairy, petroleum and petrochemicals, agro, fertilizer, etc. Sludge disposal. Industrial waste management, incineration of waste. Water treatment and purification (reverse osmosis, electro dialysis, ion exchange). Water quality parameters for waste water, industrial water and domestic water.

Unit V

Analytical Chemistry (10 hours)Titrimetric analysis: fundamental concepts – mole, molarity, molality, ppm and ppb primary standard-secondary standard, quantitative dilution problems. Acid base titrations- titration curves pH indicators. Redox titrations titration curve titrations involving MnO4- and Cr2O72- – redox indicators. Complexometric titrations EDTA titrations – titration curves indicators. Statistical treatment of results of quantitative analysis: Classification of errors, accuracy, precision, minimization of errors (calibration of apparatus, running of blank determination, running parallel determination to be mentioned), significant figures and computation, mean and standard deviation (explanation with an example), distribution of random errors (explanation with the help of curve), reliability of results (F-test and t-test).

Objectives and Outcomes

OBJECTIVES: To develop a fundamental understanding of the chemicals and processes in chemical industry and their environmental impact. To develop practical skill for applying volumetric techniques to quantitatively analyze solutions of reagents. 

 

Course Outcome:

CO1

Explain the principal behind the processes followed in chemical industry and the respective equipment involved.

CO2

Explain the processes involved in industrial scale production of important gases and inorganic chemicals.

CO3

Explain the impact of processes in chemical industry on the environment and techniques to assess and mitigate such effects.

CO4

To apply volumetric techniques for quantitative analysis of solutions.

 

CO-PO Mapping:

 

PO/PSO

PO1

PO2

PO3

 

PO4

 

PO5

 

PO6

 

PO7

 

PO8

 

PO9

 

PO10

 

PSO1

 

PSO2

 

PSO3

 

PSO4

CO

CO1

3

3

2

CO2

3

2

2

3

CO3

2

3

2

3

CO4

2

3

1

3

2

Text Books / References

TEXTBOOKS:1) E. Stocchi: Industrial Chemistry, Vol-I, Ellis Horwood Ltd. UK.2) R.M. Felder, R.W. Rousseau: Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi.3) D. A. Skoog, D. M. West, and S. R. Crouch, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry 8th edn, Brooks/Cole Nelson4) A. K. De, Environmental Chemistry: New Age International Pvt, Ltd, New Delhi.5) Vogels Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis 6th edn.,Pearsons Education LtdREFERENCES: 1) G. D. Christian, Analytical Chemistry, John Wiley and Sons. 2) J. A. Kent: Riegels Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, CBS Publishers, New Delhi.3) S. S. Dara: A Textbook of Engineering Chemistry, S. Chand & Company Ltd. New Delhi.4) S. M. Khopkar, Environmental Pollution Analysis: Wiley Eastern Ltd, New Delhi.

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