CH 211

Industrial Chemistry

3-0-0-6

 

Syllabus:

Hydrazine: Manufacturing of hydrazine, Raschig process, Urea process, Bayer process, H2O2 process; Use of hydrazine as rocket fuel, in fuel cell; Insecticides and Herbicides: Definition and classification of Insecticides; Manufacturing of insecticides;Environmental effects; Definition and classification of Herbicides, Health effect; Mineral Fertilizers; Economic Importance, Manufacturing of N and P-containing Fertilizers; Construction Materials: Lime, Quicklime, Slaked Lime; Cement, Miscellaneous cement types, Composition and manufacturing of cements; Enamel: Classification, Enameling, Coating processes, Stoving of enamels; Ceramics: General Information and Classification, Physical: Chemical Processes related to manufacturing of clay ceramics, Metal and Metalloid ceramic materials; Metallic hard materials and fibers; Inorganic Pigments General information and Economic Importance, White pigments, Titanium Dioxide Pigments, Manufacturing processes for TiO2 pigments, Applications for TiO2 pigments, Lithopone and Zinc Sulfide pigments, Iron Oxide pigments, Chromium(III) Oxide Pigments, Magnetic Pigments, Manufacture of magnetic Pigments.

 Text Books:

1.     A. Heaton, An introduction to Industrial Chemistry, 3rd Ed., Blackie Academic, 1996.

2.     K. H. Davis and F. S. Berner, Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, Vols. 1 and 2, CBS, New Delhi, 2005.

 References:

1.     T.W. Swaddle, Inorganic Chemistry: An Industrial and Environmental Perspective, Academic Press, San Diego, 1997.

2.     K. Weissermel and H.J. Arpe, Industrial Organic Chemistry, 2nd Ed., Weinheim, VCH, 1996.