| Course Name | Engineering Chemistry Laboratory |
| Course Code | 23CHY188 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Civil Engineering |
| Semester | 2 |
| Credits | 1 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Chemical Kinetics and surface chemistry – understanding the principle of adsorption, determining the rate constant of a reaction.
Electrochemistry – Evaluating the dissociation constant of acids, estimation of acid and ferrous ion present in water.
Corrosion and control – anodization and Tafel plot
Instrumentation techniques – Estimations of ions in water using flame photometer and UV-Visible spectrophotometer.
Solid state – Determination of point of zero charge of metal oxide.
| S. No. | List of Equipment |
| 1. | Conductivity Bridge |
| 2 | Potentiometer |
| 3. | UV-Visible spectrophotometer |
| 4. | Colorimeter |
| 5. | pH meter |
| 6. | Flame photometer |
| 7. | Weighing balance |
| 8. | DC Power source |
| 9 | Multimeter |
| S.No. | List of Exercises | CO mapping |
| 1. | Adsorption of acetic acid by charcoal | CO2 |
| 2. | Adsorption of dye on charcoal | CO2 |
| 3. | Determination of rate constant for acid catalyzed ester hydrolysis | CO2 |
| 4. | Estimation of ferrous ion by potentiometric titration | CO1 |
| 5. | Potentiometric titration of dibasic acid Vs strong base | CO4 |
| 6. | Conductometric titration of mixture of acid Vs NaOH | CO4 |
| 7. | Verification of B-L law by UV-spectrophotometer | CO1 |
| 8. | Determination of point of zero charge of metal oxide | CO3 |
| 9. | Synthesis of polyaniline conducting polymer via electrochemical polymerization | CO4 |
| 10. | Synthesis of silver nanoparticle by chemical reduction method | CO3 |
| 11. | Determination of sodium and potassium ions in water using Flame photometry | CO1 |
| 12. | Kinetics of electrochemical reactions – Construction of Tafel linear polarization curves | CO4 |
| 13. | Determination of optimum current density for the anodization of aluminium | CO4 |
A. Prerequisite: Nil
B. Nature of Course: Lab
C. Course Objectives:
1. Using instrumental techniques to analyze the ions present in water.
2. To understand the kinetics of chemical reactions and adsorption principles.
3. To determine the rate of corrosion and its control.
4. To synthesis nanoparticles and determine the surface charge of oxide particles.
5. To estimate the amount of given substances using electrochemical methods.
D. Course Outcomes:
After successful completion of the lab course, students will be able to:
| S.No. | Course Outcomes | Knowledge level
[Bloom’s Taxonomy] |
| CO01 | Analyze the ions present in the given sample water | Analyze |
| CO02 | Analyze the adsorption isotherm and determine the rate constant of a reaction | Analyze |
| CO03 | Apply the solid state chemistry principles for preparing nanoparticles and determining the surface charge on oxides. | Apply |
| CO04 | Apply the fundamental principles of electrochemistry for the analysis of given substance and understand the corrosion kinetics | Apply |
F. CO-PO Mapping: [affinity#: 3 – high; 2- moderate; 1- slightly]
| CO/PO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO01 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| CO02 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| CO03 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| CO04 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Average | 3 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.25 |
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