Engineering Chemistry II

EG 1203 SH
Total: 6 hour /week
Year: I Lecture: 3 hours/week
Semester: II Tutorial: 1 hours/week
Practical: hours/week
Lab: 2 hours/week
Course Description:
This subject consists of three units related to nonmetals and their compounds; metals and their
compounds; and organic compounds and synthetic materials necessary to develop background in
chemistry that supports for the understanding and practicing related engineering works.

Course Objectives:
After the completion of this subject, students will be able to explain the basic concepts related to
the followings and apply them in the field of related engineering works:

1. Nonmetals and their compounds

2. Metals and their compounds
3. Organic compounds and synthetic materials

Course Content:
Unit 1: Non-metals and their compounds: [20]
1.1 Water:
 Source of water
 Hard and soft water
 Removal of temporary and permanent hardness of water
 Water treatment of domestic and industrial purpose
1.2 Ammonia:
 Lab preparation
 Manufacture by Haber's process
 Properties and uses
1.3 Nitric acid:
 Manufacture by Ostwald's process
 Properties and uses.
 Nitrogen cycle
 Fixation of Nitrogen
 Chemical fertilizers
 Oxides of nitrogen as pollutant (general concept)
 Acid rain (due to oxides of nitrogen and oxide of Sulphur "Sulpher
dioxide")

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 1.4 Halogens (Chlorine):
 Lab preparation
 Properties and uses
1.5 Hydrochloric acid:
 Lab preparation
 Properties and uses
1.6 Hydrogen Sulphide:
 Lab preparation
 Properties and uses
1.7 Sulphuric acid:
 Manufacture by contact process)
 Properties and uses
1.8 Carbon and its compounds:
 Allotropes of carbon (reference of diamond & graphite & their structure).
 Oxides of carbon (Ref. carbon dioxide & carbon mono oxide as
pollutants)- general idea only

Unit 2: Metals and their compounds: [15]

2.1 General study of metals and their components:
 Difference between metal and non metal
 Combined & free state of metals
 Chemistry of Metallic Carbonates, Sulphates, Chlorides and Nitrates
2.2 Alkali metals:
 General characteristics of Alkali metals
 Properties & uses of sodium
2.3 Alkaline earth metals:
 General characteristics of the Alkaline earth metals
 Properties & uses of calcium
2.4 Aluminum:
 Properties and uses
2.5 Coinage metals:
 General properties of coinage metals
 Properties and uses of cupper
2.6 Zinc:
 Properties & uses
2.7 Iron:
 Properties & uses
2.8 Lead:
 Properties & uses
2.9 Alloys:

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  Definition
 Purpose of making alloys
 Types of alloys
Unit 3: Organic compounds and synthetic materials: [10]
3.1 Organic compounds
 Organic compounds:
 Historical background, classification, and nomenclature
 Functional groups and homologous series
 Saturated hydrocarbon: Properties of Methane
 Unsaturated hydrocarbon: Properties of Ethylene and Acetylene
 Aromatic compounds:
 Definition
 Comparison of aliphatic and aromatic compounds
 Properties of Benzene
3.2 Synthetic materials:
 Polymer and polymerization
 Definition
 Types of polymer
 Rubber:
 Types (Natural and Synthetic )
 Preparation and uses.
 Polyvinyl chloride (PVC):
 Preparation and uses
 Polythene:
 Preparation and uses

Engineering Chemistry Practical II:

1. To compare the hardness of different types of water [2]
2. To prepare Bakelite (resin) in the laboratory [2]
3. To determine the condition in which corrosion takes place [2]
4. To investigate the action of acids on some metals (Zn, Mg, Fe, Al, Sn
& Cu) (acids: HCl, H2SO4(dil.)& HNO3 (dil) [2]
5. To prepare and study the properties of hydrogen gas [2]
6. To prepare and study the properties of ammonia gas [2]
7. To prepare and study the properties of hydrogen Sulphide gas. (This gas should
not be prepare individually in woulf bottle but in Kipp's apparatus commonly) [2]
8. To detect the acid radicals (Cl-, NO3--, SO4---, CO3--) by dry and wet ways (4)
9. To detect the basic radicals (Cu++, Al+++, Fe+++, Zn++, CO++, Ni++, Ca++, Ba++, Mg++)by wet
ways [6]
10. To detect the acid and basic radicals (complete salt analysis) [6]

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Textbooks:
1. Foundations of chemistry, Vol-2, M.K. Sthapit and R.R. Pradhananga
2. A text Book of chemistry, Jha & Guglani
3. A text Book of Organic Chemistry, B.S. Bahl & Arun Bahl
4. Elementary qualitative analysis, M.K.Sthapit and C.B.Tuladhar
5. Elementary practical chemistry, MK.Sthapit
6. A Text book of Engineering Chemistry, Prakash Poudel

Reference books:
1. Inorganic chemistry, Bahl & Tuli
2. Elementary Organic Chemistry, P.N. Bargava
3. Fundamentals of chemistry, K.R. Palak
4. A text Book of Inorganic Chemistry, L.M. Mitra
5. Engineering Chemistry, M.L. Sharma, K.M. Shrestha, P.N. Choudhary

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