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incorporated partition function and its relation to engineering includes mole balance equation, design
thermodynamic properties. Intermolecular forces for equations for fractional conversion, reactor sizing for flow
various systems including liquid and soft matters. Simple batch and flow systems. Process characteristics include
applications of this method in various chemical problems. continuous/batch, steady/unsteady state, with/without
Application reaction, simple/multiple reactions, yield, selectivity,
 Chemical Kinetics and the Dynamics of Reactions desired/undesired products. Selected chemical processes
Diffusion controlled reactions. Activated complex theory for the production of biodiesel, fatty alcohols, fatty acids,
and reactions in solutions. The dynamics of molecular fatty amines, glycerol, ethylene glycol, soap, detergents
collisions. The kinetics of fast reactions. and surfactants.
Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption. Structure,
Stability and reactivity in different state of matter. The Assessment Methods:
properties of nonequilibrium. Continuous assessment: 30%
Final examination: 70%
 Photochemistry
Kinetics of photophysical and photochemical processes. Medium of instruction:
Timescales of photophysical process, quantum yield, English
mechanism of decay of excited states, quenching.
Applications of photochemistry: photosynthesis, Soft skills:
photosynthesis, photobiology and photomedicine. CT1 – 3, KK1, LL1 – 2

Assessment Methods: References:
Continuous assessment: 15% 1. R.H.Field, Chemical Engineering: Introductory
Practical; 25% Aspects, Houndsmills, 1988
Final examination: 60% 2. A.F. Mills, Heat and Mass Transfer, 2 nd Edition,
Prentice Hall, 1998.
Medium of instruction: 3. W.S. Emerson: Guide to The Chemical Industry,
English John Wiley, 1983
4. Fogler, H. Scott. Elements of Chemical Reaction
th
Soft skills: Engineering, 4 Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005
CT1 – 3 5. Larry D. Schmidt. The Engineering of Chemical
Reaction, 2 Edition, OUP USA, 2009
nd
References: 6. Levenspiel, Octave. Chemical Reaction Engineering,
rd
1. Atkins, P. W. (2010). Physical Chemistry, 9th ed. Oxford 3 Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1999
University Press, New York. 7. A. R. Lansdown, Lubrication: a practical guide to
2. Atkins, P. W. (2008). Molecular Quantum Mechanics, lubricant selection, 3 rd Edition. Amer Society of
5th Ed. Oxford University Press, New York. Mechanical Engineers, 2003.
3. Lowe, J. P. (1993). Quantum Chemistry, 2nd Ed. 8. R.J. Hamilton, Developments in Oils and Fats,
Academic Press, New York.. Chapman & Hall, 1995
4. Atkins, P. W., de Paula, J. (2006). Physical Chemistry 9. J. Boxall, Paint formulation: principles and practice,
for the Life Sciences, Oxford University Press, New Industrial Pr, 1981
York. 10. James O’connor. Standard Handbook of Lubrication
5. Silbey, Alberty & Bawendi (2005), Physical Chemistry Engineering. 1968.
(Wiley). 11. Kirk Othmer, Encyclopaedia of Chemical Technology,
4 Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
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SID3004 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
SID3006 ADVANCED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Industrial training is the course designed for the B.Sc.
(Applied Chemistry). Student is required to follow the Trace Analysis
industrial training programme for a minimum of 10 weeks. Introduction, techniques and limitations, considerations in
Industrial training must be related to chemistry and the implementation of trace analysis
student is required to prepare a report for evaluation. The
training programme will be briefed by the industrial training
programme supervisor. Sample decomposition
Steps in total analysis, dry, wet and microwave sample
digestion, appropriate considerations for decomposition of
Assessment Methods: real samples.
Continuous assessment: 100%
Medium of instruction: Spectrometry
English Atomic absorption spectroscopy, atomization techniques
including flame atomization, electrochemical atomization,
hydride technique, cold vapour technique.
Soft skills: Atomic emission spectroscopy: arc-spark and plasma
CT1 – 3, CS1 – 3, TS1 – 2, EM1 – 2
AES, ICP-AES, atomic fluorescence spectroscopy.
SID3005 INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY II Separation Methods
Advanced aspects on theory and process of separation in
Unit operation, principles of mass transfer, linear and GC and HPLC, van Deemter equation, general resolution
radial heat transfer based on resistance concepts to be equation and HETP, types and selection of stationary
utilized in different types of reactor design technology. The phases in GC, capillary GC, reversed phase HPLC, effects
focus will be on common reactor design such as batch of mobile phases in HPLC separations, instrumentation in
reactor, continuous stirred tank reactor or back-mix GC and HPLC, detectors in GC and HPLC, hyphenated
reactor, fixed/suspension bed reactors, plug-flow or techniques: GC-MS and LC-MS.
tubular flow reactor and their order of important in
arrangement for multiple reactors in series. Reaction

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