About the Book

Engineering Chemistry is a blend of basic topics in chemistry with applied chemistry. It is important for Engineers to have a good understanding of the subject as they look forward in designing and developing newer materials with requisite properties and structures that are eco-friendly, economical and long lasting.

Features :

· Applied topics are preceded by corresponding basic chemistry

· Several numerical problems, multiple choice questions and short and essay type questions are included

Contents

1. Water and its Industrial Applications, 2. Fuels and Combustion(chemical Fuel), 3A. Lubricants, 3B. Cement and Refractories, 4. High Polymers: Plastics, Rubbers, Conducting polymers and liquids crystals, 5A. Spectroscopy, 5B. Water Analysis

About the Author

C V Agrawal is a retired Professor of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He is one of the few celebrated authors in the field of Material Science and his book “Chemistry of Engineering Materials” is highly acclaimed and got eight editions with several reprints.

C. Parameswara Murthy has been on the faculty of Osmania University since 1974 and as Professor of chemistry since 1992. He has recently assumed responsibility as BOS Chairman in Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He was a Visiting Scientist / Post-Doctoral fellow at various institutions abroad including University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1980-81); Max-Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Germany (1985-86); Ohio State University, USA (1987-88), Hahn-Meitner Institute (1993) and was a visiting Professor at University of Asmara, Eritrea (1997-98). He has 25 publications in Journals of international repute and authored and edited six books.