Engineering Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications

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Book Description Catering to the needs of first and second semester undergraduate courses on engineering chemistry, this book discusses new topics like nuclear fuels, defluoridation of water, waste water management, breakpoint chlorination, semiconductors, superconductors and magnetic materials, and thermodynamic formulation of the transition state theory. About the Author Shikha Agarwal is an assistant professor in the department of chemistry at the Government Engineering College, Ajmer. She has taught courses on engineering chemistry, environmental science, spectroscopy, photochemistry and reaction mechanisms at the undergraduate and postgraduate level for several years. Her areas of interest include organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry and environmental science. Cover......Page 1 Front Matter ......Page 3 Engineering Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications......Page 5 Copyright ......Page 6 Dedication ......Page 7 Contents ......Page 9 Preface to Second Edition......Page 21 Preface to First Edition......Page 23 Acknowledgements......Page 27 1 FUELS......Page 29 2 WATER......Page 131 3 CORROSION......Page 237 4 PHASE RULE......Page 283 5 ENGINEERING MATERIALS......Page 335 6 POLYMERS......Page 380 7 LUBRICANTS......Page 459 8 PERIODIC PROPERTIES......Page 483 9 ACIDBASE, OXIDATIONREDUCTION AND INTERMOLECULAR FORCES......Page 509 10 ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL BONDING......Page 543 11 SOLID STATE......Page 627 12 LIQUID CRYSTALS......Page 686 13 CHEMICAL KINETICS......Page 696 14 SURFACE CHEMISTRY......Page 785 15 THERMODYNAMICS......Page 821 16 ELECTROCHEMISTRY......Page 918 17 SPECTROSCOPY......Page 996 18 PHOTOCHEMISTRY......Page 1075 19 FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY......Page 1105 20 COORDINATION CHEMISTRY......Page 1191 21 ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS......Page 1226 22 Green Chemistry......Page 1245 23 NANOCHEMISTRY......Page 1262 24 CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 1287 25 ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES IN CHEMISTRY......Page 1304 26 CHEMISTRY OF CARBON AND HYDROGEN......Page 1315 Index......Page 1331