Which book is best for engineering chemistry 1st year?

SUGGESTED TEXTBOOKS

• Engineering Chemistry by Jain and Jain; Dhanpat Rai Publication Co.

• Engineering Chemistry by Shikha Agarwal; Cambridge University Press, 2015 edition.

• UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY, BY B. H. MAHANCHEMISTRY: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, BY M. J. SIENKO AND R. A. PLANE

•  FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, BY C. N. BANWELL

• ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY (NPTEL WEB-BOOK), BY B. L. TEMBE, KAMALUDDIN AND M. S. KRISHNAN

• PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, BY P. W. ATKINS

• ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION BY K. P. C. VOLHARDT AND N. E. SCHORE, 5TH EDITION

What are the topics in engineering chemistry?

DURING FIRST YEAR OF B. Tech., THE BELOW GIVEN TOPICS ARE TAUGHT AT AKU TO THE STUDENTS OF ENGINEERING & IT IS COMMON FOR ALL BRANCHES.

MODULE 1: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 

FAILURE OF CLASSICAL NEWTONIAN AND MAXWELL WAVE MECHANICS TO EXPLAIN PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES AT ATOMIC AND SUB-ATOMIC LEVEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, DUAL NATURE OF ELECTRON AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, PLANK’S THEORY, PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT AND HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE. FAILURE OF EARLIER THEORIES TO EXPLAIN CERTAIN PROPERTIES OF MOLECULES LIKE PARAMAGNETIC PROPERTIES. PRINCIPLES FOR COMBINATION OF ATOMIC ORBITALS TO FORM MOLECULAR ORBITALS. FORMATION OF HOMO AND HETERO DIATOMIC MOLECULES AND PLOTS OF ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAM OF MOLECULAR ORBITALS. COORDINATION NUMBERS AND GEOMETRIES, ISOMERISM IN TRANSITIONAL METAL COMPOUNDS, CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY AND THE ENERGY LEVEL DIAGRAMS FOR TRANSITION METAL IONS AND THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES. 

MODULE 2: SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS 

PRINCIPLES OF VIBRATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND SELECTION RULES FOR APPLICATION IN DIATOMIC MOLECULES. ELEMENTARY IDEA OF ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY. UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY WITH RELATED RULES AND ITS APPLICATIONS. FLUORESCENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE. BASIC PRINCIPLE OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND ITS APPLICATION. BASICS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING.

MODULE 3: INTERMOLECULAR FORCES AND PROPERTIES OF GASES 

IONIC, DIPOLAR AND VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS. EQUATIONS OF STATE OF IDEAL AND REAL GASES, DEVIATION FROM IDEAL BEHAVIOUR. VANDER WAAL GAS EQUATION..

MODULE 4: USE OF FREE ENERGY IN CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA & WATER CHEMISTRY 

 THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS: ENERGY, ENTHALPY ENTROPY AND FREE ENERGY. EQUATIONS TO INTERRELATE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES. FREE ENERGY, EMF. AND CELL POTENTIALS, THE NERNST EQUATION AND APPLICATIONS. CORROSION. USE OF FREE ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS IN METALLURGY THROUGH ELLINGHAM DIAGRAMS. SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIA. 

WATER CHEMISTRY, HARD AND SOFT WATER. PARAMETERS OF QUALITY OF WATER TO BE USED IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AS FOR DRINKING WATER. CALCULATION OF HARDNESS OF WATER IN ALL UNITS. ESTIMATION OF HARDNESS USING EDTA AND ALKALINITY METHOD. REMOVAL OF HARDNESS BY SODA LIME AND ION EXCHANGE METHOD INCLUDING ZEOLITE METHOD

MODULE 5: PERIODIC PROPERTIES 

EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR CHARGE, PENETRATION OF ORBITALS, VARIATIONS OF S, P, D AND F ORBITAL ENERGIES OF ATOMS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE, ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATIONS, ATOMIC AND IONIC SIZES, IONIZATION ENERGIES, ELECTRON AFFINITY AND ELECTRONEGATIVITY, POLARIZABILITY, ACID, BASE, PRINCIPLE OF HSAB THEORY, OXIDATION STATES, HYBRIDIZATION AND MOLECULAR GEOMETRIES.

MODULE 6: STEREOCHEMISTRY 

REPRESENTATIONS OF 3-D STRUCTURES, STRUCTURAL ISOMERS AND STEREOISOMERS, CONFIGURATIONS AND SYMMETRY AND CHIRALITY, ENANTIOMERS, DIASTEREOMERS, OPTICAL ACTIVITY, ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATIONS AND CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS.

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MODULE 7: ORGANIC REACTIONS AND SYNTHESIS OF A DRUG MOLECULE  

INTRODUCTION TO INTERMEDIATES AND REACTIONS INVOLVING SUBSTITUTION, ADDITION, ELIMINATION, OXIDATION-REDUCTION, DIELS ELDER CYCLIZATION AND EPOXIDE RING OPENINGS REACTIONS. SYNTHESIS OF A COMMONLY USED DRUG MOLECULE LIKE ASPIRIN.