Inorganic Materials

Paper Code: 
CHY 423-B
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Objective: 

To develop awareness in students for chemistry in industrial sector and to expose them with the industrial use of commercial polymers.

9.00
Unit I: 
Commercial Polymers

Structure, properties and applications of – natural rubber and other polyisoprenes, rubber copolymers, rubber derived from butadiene, cellulosic polymers, phenolic and amino resins, polymers based on phosphorus and sulphur- polyphosphates, phosphorus sulphide cages, tetrasulphur, tetranitride and related compounds.

9.00
Unit II: 
Cement

Introduction, classification and composition of cements, raw material, manufacturing method- dry process, wet process, chemistry of setting and hardening of cement, various additive used, concrete and reinforced concrete construction.

9.00
Unit III: 
Glasses and Ceramics

Glass- introduction, properties and manufacturing method of glass, glass modifiers, Ceramic- applications. Ceramic, plasticity of clays, clay products.

Refractories- characterization, properties and applications.

9.00
Unit IV: 
Organic Solids

Conducting organics, organics superconductors, magnetism in organic materials.            Fullerenes- doped, fullerenes as superconductors

9.00
Unit V: 
Paints and Pigments

Paint - classification, properties and applications of paints, manufacture of paints, pigments-characterization, types and properties.

References: 

1.        Textbook of Polymer Science, Third Edition; Fred. W. Billmeyer; John Wiley & Sons, Singapore, 2002.

2.         Polymer Science, First Edition; V.R. Gowariker, N.V. Viswanathan, Jayadev Sreedhar; New Age International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2000.

3.         Engineering Chemistry; Krishnamurthy, N. Vaillinayagan; Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. 2006.

4.         Principles of solid State, H.V. Keer; Wiley Eastern.

5.         Material Science and Engineering: An Introduction; W.D. Callister, Wiley

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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