Course Title: Applied Chemistry
Course Code: Chem 662
Credit Hour: 3
Contact Hour: 3 Lecture hours/week
Course Description
Processes and processes variables and Introduction to unit operations, material balance and energy balance. Water in the chemical industry; basic inorganic industrial processing (acids, alkalis, salts; gases, fertilizers, ceramics, glass, cement, metals, pigments). Basic organic industrial processes (coal petroleum, main petrochemicals, basic organic products, plastics, rubber and fibers; sugar; oils and fats, detergents, paper; foodstuff, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals; dye stuff,; leather).
Suggested Course Outline
1. Process variables, Unit operations and Materials balance
2. Water in the chemical industry
3. Industrial Manufacture of Mineral
4. Common salts and the Chloro-alkali industry
5. Inorganic fertilizers
6. Silicate Industry
7. High temperature materials
8. Petrochemicals
9. Plastics, Rubber and Fibers
10. Sucrose Industry
11. Oils, Fats and Detergents
12. Paper Industry
13. Chemical foodstuff processing
14. Pharmaceuticals
15. Chemicals for agriculture
16. Dyestuff
17. Leather Industry
18. Polymers
References:
1. P.C. Jain and M. Jain, Engineering Chemistry by; Dhanpatrai and sons, 11th Ed., 1996.
2. B.K. Sharma, Industrial Chemistry, Goel publishing house; 11th Ed., 2004.
3. K.H. Buchel, H.H Moretto and P. Woditsch, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed.,WILEY VCH, 2000.
4. J.N. Delgado and W.A. Remers, Text book of organic medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry
5. K. Weissermel, H.J. Arpe Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd Edition, VCH publishers,Inc., NY (USA), 1997
5. O.P. vermani and A.K. Narrula, Applied Chemistry: Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition, New Age International limited publishers 1995.
6. F.A. Mohammed, M.A. Bassam and James, G.S. Hand Book of Industrial Chemistry, Courses McGraw Hillls Companies, 2005
- Teacher: Tewodros Birhanu