This course is an introduction to organic chemistry
designed for students pursuing Electronics and Automotive
Technology. Topics to be covered include Topics to be covered
include; Atomic structure, molecular mass, acids and
bases. Solutions, colloids, nano-particles. Corrosion and its
control. Basic concepts of electrochemistry; conductance:
specific, equivalent and molar conductance and effect of
dilution on conductance. Causes and effects of corrosion;
theories of corrosion: chemical and electrochemical
corrosion with mechanism; factors affecting the rate of
corrosion. Water technology; sources and impurities of
water, hardness of water, expression of hardness-units;
types of hardness: temporary hardness, permanent
hardness. Materials chemistry: polymers-classification
with examples, polymerization-addition, condensation and
co-polymerization; plastics, rubbers. Fuels and combustion
.Liquid fuels: Petroleum and its refining; Cracking: Fixed
bed catalytic cracking; Knocking: Octane and cetane
numbers; Gaseous fuels: