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Academic year Sem & Class IA no. 1 Unit coverage Max Time Exam Date :
2010 - 2011 01 BE/B Tech Units 1 & 2 1:30 Hrs 21-09-2010

Course code Course Title Engineering Chemistry I

PART – A (10x2=20)

Answer all of the following

1 Mention four important parameters for drinking water and their limits.
2 Why is calcium carbonate chosen to express the hardness of water?
3 Show the chemical reactions involved, when solutions containing
calcium bicarbonate and magnesium bi carbonate are heated.
4 Why is ammonia buffer used in the EDTA estimation of hardness of
water?
5 What is caustic embrittlement. How can it be prevented.
6 What are zeolites? What is their role in water technology?
7 Describe the term blow down operation and the reason for this.
8 Show in a tabular column, the differences between Zeolite and ion-
exchange method .
9 What is meant by the term functionality? Write its significance.
10 Define tacticity or stereo specificity of polymer ..

PART-B (3x10=30)

Answer Question 11 and any two out of the other four questions.
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 PART-B (3x10=30)

Answer Question 11 and any two out of the other four questions.

11 (a) Mention the various disinfection methods involved in water. (5)

(b) Calculate the temporary and total hardness of a sample of water
having 250 ppm of magnesium bicarbonate (Mol Wt 146 ) and
400 m of calcium chloride (Mol.Wt. 111) (5)

12 (a) Describe the process of demineralisation of water by using ion

exchange resins. (8)
(b) Write shorts notes on calgon conditioning. (2)

13 (a) What are the problems caused in boilers by dissolved impurities

in water? (2)
(b) Using a tabular column, show the differences between scale
and sludge. (4)
(c) Discuss the causes and prevention of priming and foaming (4)

14 (a) Compare addition and condensation polymerization reactions (7)

(b) What is co-polymerization? Give two examples. (3)

15. (a) What is the significance of break point chlorination? (5)

(b) With a neat diagram, describe the desalination by RO method (5)

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