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Department of BME, REC

• To acquire knowledge on polymeric, ceramic and nano materials used in electronic
and medical industry

UNIT I ELECTROCHEMISTRY 9
Electrode potential – Electrodes– standard and reference electrodes, glass electrode. Nernst
equation, emf series–applications. Galvanic and concentration cells.-applications - pH
measurement, acid- base titration-potentiometric redox titration- conductometric titrations -
potentiometric sensors -chemical biosignals- glucose sensor, gas sensor- blood oxygen
level.

UNIT II CORROSION AND ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES 9
Cause and effects of corrosion – theories of chemical and electrochemical corrosion – types
of corrosion: galvanic, stress,intergranular corrosion and pitting corrosion –factors affecting
rate of corrosion.
Electroplating (copper)- electroless plating (Nickel) - electropolishing, electrochemical
machining- electrochemical etching - surface preparation – etching – drying -electrochemical
etching of Cu from PCB - electrophoretic painting

UNIT III BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS 9
Batteries- types - battery characteristics-fabrication and working of lead- acid battery-
NICAD - lithium ion batteries – supercapacitors – introduction – types – electrochemical
double layer capacitor – activated carbon – carbon aerogels - Fuel cells – classification –
principle – components - applications of hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell,solid oxide fuel cell, direct
methanol, proton exchange membrane fuel cells and biofuel cells.

UNIT IV ADVANCED MATERIALS 9
Introduction to thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics- preparation and applications of
polypropylene (PP), polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyurethanes,polyamide (Nylon 6,6),
polyacrylates (PAN), silicone rubber, Biodegradable polymers( PGA and PLA) - conducting
polymers – introduction and examples- polyaniline.
Metallic and ceramic implant materials : Composition ,properties and applications of
stainless steel, titanium based alloys, cobalt – chromium alloys- ceramics – hydroxy apatite
– medical applications - membranes for plasma separation and blood oxygenation-
introduction.

UNIT V NANO MATERIALS 9
Nanomaterials:Basics-distinction between nanoparticles and bulk materials- size-dependent
properties – synthesis of nanoparticles – chemical methods -metal nanocrystals by
reduction,solvothermal synthesis, photochemical synthesis ,sonochemical synthesis and
chemical vapor deposition - applications in electronics and medicine.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS: CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (Any 10 experiments) 30

1. Construction and determination of EMF of simple electrochemical cells and
concentration cells
2. Estimation of acids by pH metry
3. Determination of corrosion rate on mild steel by weight loss method
4. Estimation of mixture of acids by conductometry
5. Estimation of extent of corrosion of iron pieces by potentiometry
6. Estimation of copper / ferrous ions by spectrophotometry

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