Description:

This book is written for the first-year undergraduate students of all branches of engineering for a course in Engineering Chemistry. It provides a sound understanding of the concepts and applications of chemistry in the field of engineering. Most of the topics covered are customarily taught in various universities and institutes.

The book exposes students to fundamental knowledge in :

Principles of thermodynamics and their applications

Phase rule and its applications

Types of catalysis and its mechanism

Treatment of water

Corrosion and its prevention

Lubricants and mechanism of lubrication

Polymers and their classification, and types of polymerization

Various analytical methods

The book also includes fourteen laboratory experiments with step-by-step procedures for performing them.

KEY FEATURES :

Provides definitions of key terms at the end of each chapter.

Includes several solved problems to clarify the concepts.

Offers chapter-end exercises and problems to test students