Environmental Chemistry Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech third year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Environmental Chemistry B.Tech 2016-2017 (R16) third year second sem is as follows.
B.Tech. III Year II Sem. L/T/P/C
Course Code:CE614PE 3/0/0/3
Course Objectives: The goals of this course are:
- To learn basic chemical content in context.
- To develop an understanding of chemicals and their effects on the environment.
- To design and carry out field research.
- To how business and government policies toward chemicals in the environment effect the planet.
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to
- Developed expertise relevant to the professional practice of chemistry, environmental science and engineering
- An understanding of chemical methods employed for environmental problem solving
- Experience in some scientific methods employed in environmental chemistry
- Developed skills in procedures and instrumental methods applied in analytical tasks of environmental chemistry
- Developed skills in the scientific method of planning, developing, conducting, reviewing and reporting experiments
UNIT – I: Organic Chemistry : Concepts of physical and general chemistry – Properties of Organic Compounds, Sources of Organic Compounds, Isomerism, Types of Organic Compounds, Aliphatic, Aromatic and Heterocyclic compounds – Water and waste water chemistry – sampling and analysis – Instrumentation techniques.
UNIT – II: Concepts of Equilibrium Chemistry – Le-Chatlier’s principle, Factor influencing equilibrium – Activity Coefficient- Variations of the equilibrium relationship -Oxidation Reduction reactions – Gas laws – acids and bases – buffers – solubility of salts – Action kinetics – rate of reactions – factors effecting, order of reactions – biodegradation – BOD, COD
UNIT – III: Concepts of Biochemistry – Structure of cell – Cell Biochemistry – minimal growth curve – Growth kinetics – Enzyme reactions – Functions affecting enzyme reactions – Coenzymes/ Cofactors – Temperature, pH, Macro pollutants, carbohydrates, Proteins, fats – Metabolic processes – Biological toxins – Bioaccumulation and Bio magnification – Case studies.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Chemistry for Environmental Engineering by Sawyer and McGraw-Hill, New York.
- Microbiology by J.Pelczar, E.C.S.Chan & N R Krieg, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishers, New Delhi.
- Microbiology for Sanitary Engineers by Mc kinney Ross E -McGraw-Hill New York
REFERENCE:
- Microbiology for Scientists and Engineers by Gandy and Gandy, Tata Mc. Graw Hill Publications.
For all other B.Tech 3rd Year 2nd Sem syllabus go to JNTUH B.Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering 3rd Year 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R16) Batch.
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