Syllabus
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Course Code: OE-201 Course Name: OPEN ELECTIVE |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Hydrosphere Hydrological cycle of water, Water pollution – inorganic, organic, pesticide, agricultural, industrial and sewage, detergents, oil spills and oil pollutants. Water quality parameters – dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, solids, metals, content of chloride, sulphate, phosphate, nitrate and micro-organisms. Water quality standards. Atmosphere Chemical composition of atmosphere – particles, ions and radicals and their formation, Chemical and photochemical reactions in atmosphere, smog formation, oxides of N, C, S and their effect, air pollution controls and their chemistry. |
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| 2 | Thermoanalytical methods: Introduction, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Derivative Thermogravimetric analysis (DTGA), factors affecting TGA and applications, Differential thermal analysis (DTA): theory, factors affecting DTA and applications. Chromatography Introduction, Classification of chromatographic methods; Adsorption and Partition Chromatography (Column, Paper and Thin Layer Chromatography), ion exchange chromatography: Principles and Applications. Analysis of Food Importance of Food analysis, Determination of approximate composition: Moisture, Fat, Protein, Fiber, Carbohydrate etc. |
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