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    U21CY101- ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

    QUESTION BANK
    Unit 1: Characteristics of Water and its Treatment
    Part B
    1. List any two unique characteristics of water.
    2. List any two chemical characteristics of water.
    3. Mention the two differences between soft water and hard water.
    4. What is hardness of water? Give the types and salts responsible for hardness.
    5. Compare carbonate and non-carbonate hardness. Give examples.
    6. How is blow down operation applied to remove sludges?
    7. Define the term carry over.
    8. How is the water graded based on the dissolved salts?
    9. Give the principle of electrodialysis?
    10. Define disinfection. Mention any 2 disinfectants.
    11. Define coagulation. Give some examples for coagulants.
    12. Define boiler feed water.
    13. What are the requirements of boiler feed water?
    14. What are the disadvantages using hard water in boiler?
    15. What is the disadvantages formation of deposits in steam boilers and heat exchangers?
    16. What are the methods used for the prevention of scale formation?
    17. What are the methods used to be softening hard water?
    18. What is meant by external conditioning of water? Give one example.
    19. Distinguish between internal conditioning and external conditioning methods.
    20. What is meant by caustic embrittlement? How is it prevented?
    21. What is desalination?
    22. What are boiler compounds? Mention two different boiler compounds and their actions.
    23. What is Reverse Osmosis?
    24. What are the advantages of reverse osmosis method?
    25. Why demineralised water is called soft water and soft is not called demineralised water?
    26. Formulate is it necessary to chlorinate drinking water supply beyond break point
    chlorination.
    27. Define the term break point chlorination
    28. Mention the specifications of drinking water as per ICMR standards.
    29. What is zeolite?

    Department of Chemistry, KPRIET 1


    Part C
    1. What is hardness? How is it classified? (4)
    2. What are the problems faced during the usage of hard water in boiler industries? (8)
    3. Differentiate the hard and soft precipitate thrown out of water when water is boiled inside the
    boilers. (7)
    4. What is carry over. Discuss the causes and preventive measures of carry over. (7)
    5. Describe the conditions in which boiler undergoes intercrystallite cracking. Give the related
    equations and remedial measure for the process. (4)
    6. What is Zeolite? How is water softened by permutit process? Give equations. (8)
    7. Explain the demineralization or ion exchange process. How will you regenerate the exhausted
    ion exchange resin? (Or) With a suitable schematic diagram, design the softening method of boiler
    water using ion exchange resins. (8)
    8. What is desalination? With a neat diagram describe the reverse osmosis method for the
    desalination of brackish water.
    (6)
    9. Outline the various stages of domestic water treatment in sequence. (8)
    10. Discuss how the water is disinfected by chlorine? Mention the significance of break point
    chlorination graph. (6)
    11. Illustrate electro dialysis method with the help of a neat sketch (6)

    Department of Chemistry, KPRIET 2


    Unit 2: Electrochemistry and Energy Storage Systems
    Part B
    1. What are Conductors? Give its types.
    2. Compare metallic conductors and electrolytic conductors.
    3. What are Cells? Give the types of cells.
    4. Distinguish between primary and secondary battery.
    5. What are redox reactions?
    6. What is Salt Bridge? Give its functions.
    7. What are Electrochemical Series?
    8. What is reference electrode?
    9. What is primary battery?
    10. What is flow battery?
    11. Mention the disadvantages of dry battery:
    12. Why Lithium battery is called the cell of the future?
    13. What is Dye-sensitized solar cells?
    14. What are the 4 parts of DSSC?
    15. Mention the applications of PEM?
    16. List any 2 merits and demerits of SOFC?
    17. Calculate the emf of Daniel cell containing Zn as anode and Cu as cathode.

    Part C
    1. Write the construction, working and applications of a secondary reference electrode. (7)
    2. What is electrochemical series? Give its applications. (7)
    3. Write the construction and working of a dry cell. (7)
    4. Discuss lead storage accumulators with their charging and discharging reactions. (7)
    5. Explain the construction and working of battery used in mobile phones with a neat diagram. (8)
    6. Explain the working of PEMFC.(8)
    7. Illustrate the working and applications of Dye sensitized solar cell. (8)
    8. Explain the working of SOFC. (7)

    Department of Chemistry, KPRIET 3


    Unit 3- Corrosion and Its Control
    Part B
    1. What is corrosion? Mention its types.
    2. What is Pilling-Bedworth ratio? State its importance.
    3. Distinguish between chemical and electrochemical corrosion.
    4. Define galvanic corrosion.
    5. What is differential aeration corrosion?
    6. Steel screw in brass hardware corrodes. Why?
    7. What is pitting corrosion?
    8. What is pipeline corrosion?
    9. Zinc is more readily corroded when coupled with Cu than with Pb. why?
    10. Small anodic area results in intense corrosion. Why?
    11. Define electroplating.
    12. Bolt and nut of same metal are preferred in practice.
    13. State and explain pilling–bedworth rule.
    Part C
    1. Describe the mechanism of electrochemical corrosion by hydrogen evolution and oxygen
    absorption. (8)
    2. What is chemical corrosion? Explain the mechanism of oxidation corrosion. (8)
    3. Explain the differential aeration theory of corrosion with suitable example. (8)
    4. Explain galvanic corrosion with suitable examples. (4)
    5. How corrosion is prevented in ship hulls and transmission line towers? Explain. (8)
    7. Define corrosion and explain the various factors influencing corrosion of a metal. (7)
    8. What is cathodic protection? Explain the sacrificial anode and impressed (8)
    9. Describe the important parameters involved in the electroplating. (7)
    11. What are the main objectives of electroplating? Give account of the method used in
    electroplating of Nickel. (8)
    12. What is the main purpose of alloying steel? (4)
    13. Write note on heat treatment of steel. (8)
    14. What are the non ferrous alloys? Give their properties. (4)

    Department of Chemistry, KPRIET 4

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