Wood Chemistry detailed syllabus for Wood & Paper Technology (WP) for 2021 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Wood & Paper Technology students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Summarize the chemistry, preparation and properties of organic compounds mainly carbohydrates.
- Propose the application of physical and nuclear chemistry in wood
- Discuss the structure ,cell wall composition of wood and its chemical treatment
- Illustrate thewood hydrolysis and destructive distillation of wood.
Module 1:
Organic Chemistry Classification of organic compounds – saturated and unsaturated compounds. IUPAC – nomenclature of simple organic compounds. Industrial methods of preparation, properties and uses of : Alcohol, phenol, aldehydes, ketones, carboxyllic acid, amines, urea, poly – functional compounds – glycol, glycerol, Carbohydrates – classification of sugars, structure of glucose, fructose and cellulose, important reaction of these compounds. Terpenes – Essential oils, classification of terpenoids, Isolation, Isoprene rule and the examples of terpenes.
Module 2:
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Module 3:
Chemistry of Fibrous Raw Materials Structure of softwoods, hardwoods, and non-woods; Pulpwood species; Ultrastructure of cell wall, cell wall components – cellulose, hemi cellulose, lignin, extractives and inorganic components. Difference in cell wall composition of softwood and hard wood Wood extractives – Essential oils, Tannins, flavanoids and dyestuff, properties and uses. Effect of extractives on durability of wood, gluing characteristics, surface coating. Pectin -uses Chemical Treatment of wood – chemical resistance of softwood and hardwood. Effect of chemicals on wood – aqueous solutions of inorganic salts, alkaline degradation of wood, Oxidation and bleaching of wood. Action of water – effect of moisture content on strength & electrical conductivity of wood
Module 4:
Wood Analysis. – Preparation of sample – Moisture content-oven dry method and dean and
stark Ash content, Cellulose – cross &bevan, alpha, beta, gamma, holocellulose
Lignin, Extractives – steam distillation and solvent extraction ( soxhlet extraction)
Destructive distillation of wood – charcoal, Pyroligneous acid, wood tar. Wood hydrolysis – Acid hydrolysis, Bio – Chemical hydrolysis, enzymatic hydrolysis
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Kocurek M. J., “Pulp and Paper Manufacture, Volume 1: Properties of Fibrous Raw Materials and their Preparation for Pulping (Ed. Kocurek M. J. and Stevens C. F.B.), TAPPI Press, 1983
- Franz F.P. Kollmann, Wilfred A.Jr. Cote, Principles of wood science & technology vol. I,Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012
- Browning B. L. “The Chemistry of Wood”, John Wiley & Sons. 1981
- Sjostrom E., “Wood Chemistry Fundamentals and Applications”, 2nd Ed., TAPPI Press. 1993
- K. S.Tewari, S. N Mehrotra, N. K. Vishnoi , “Textbook of organic chemistry” Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd.,
- B.R. Puri, L.R. Sharma, M.S. Pathania ,Physical chemistry, Vishal Publishing Company
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