MU First Year Engineering (Semester 2)
Applied Chemistry 2
December 2011
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INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


Answer any five of the following:-
1 (a) What is season cracking?
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1 (b) Give composition, properties and uses of soft solder.
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1 (c) A sample of coal contains C = 70%, O = 23%, H = 5%, S = 1.5%, N = 0.4%, Ash = 0.1%. Calculate G.C.V and N.C.V of fuel.
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1 (d) What are fibre composites?
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1 (e) What is green fuel?
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1 (f) Give significance of proximate analysis.
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2 (a) Explain the direct chemical corrosion.
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2 (b) 1.5 gm of sample of coal was taken in a crucible for C and H estimation, by combustion method. The increase in weight of tube containing CaCl2 and bulb containing KOH, was found to be 1.25 gm and 4.88 gm respectively. Calculate %C and %H.
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2 (c) Giving conventional and greener route for production of adipic acid, explain related green chemistry principle in this case.
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3 (a) Explain method of obtaining biodiesel from vegetable oil? Give advantages of Biodiesel.
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3 (b) 100 ml of natural solution containing 0.2 gm of Cu2+ion electrolysed till entire copper was deposited. The currrent strength was 1.2 amperes and volume of solution maintained at 100ml. Assume 100% efficiency. Calculate time taken for deposition of copper. (Atomic wt.of copper = 63.58).
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3 (c) Explain the principle of use of safer solvent and reaction condition in green chemistry with suitable examples.
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4 (a) Calculate weight of air needed for complete combustion of 1 Kg of coal containing C = 72%, H = 10%, O = 9%, N = 3% and remaining being ash.
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4 (b) Describe absorption and catalytic properties of zeolite.
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4 (c) What is powder metallurgy? How are metal powders prepared.
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5 (a) Give the functions of matrix phase in composite materials and their properties.
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5 (b) What is cracking? Give advantages of catalytic cracking over thermal cracking.
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5 (c) The composition of gas was found to be H2 = 10%, CH4 = 20%, C2H6 = 16%, N = 6%, CO = 18%, CO2 = 22%, O2 = rest. Calculate volume of air required for complete combustion of 1m3 of fuel. (Mol. Wt. of air = 28.949)
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6 (a) Discuss the corrosion due to combination of metals due to metals of different electrode potentials.
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6 (b) What are ceramic powder? Explain method of manufacturing any one ceramic powder.
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6 (c) Define cetane and octane number
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7 (a) How does a catalyst affect the establishment of equilibrium state and activation energy of reaction? Explain with necessary graph.
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7 (b) Write characteristics of good fuels.
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7 (c) Which are main constituents of varnishes? Write their functions.
OR
Calculate the percent atom economy w.r.t allylchloride
CH3 — CH = CH2 + Cl2 → Cl — CH2 — CH = CH2 + HCl
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