Download PTU B.Tech 2020 March Civil 1st and 2nd Sem CH 101 Chemistryengineering Chemistry Question Paper

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Roll No. [ LTI [ ] Total No. of Pages : 03
Total No. of Questions : 18

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES :

1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying TWO marks each.
2. SECTION -B & C have FOUR questions each.
3. Attempt any FIVE questions from SECTION B & C carrying EIGHT marks each.
4. Select atleast TWO questions from SECTION - B & C.

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SECTION-A

Write short notes on :

1. What does Chemical oxygen demand measure?
2. What are the characteristics of a good adsorbent in chromatographic technique?
3. What are buffer solutions?

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4. What is Caustic Embrittlement?
5. Explain the principle of NMR spectroscopy
6. Define quantum efficiency.
7. Define phase rule and reduced phase rule.
8. What is overvoltage?

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9. Why is oxygen unsuitable as a carrier gas for GLC?
10. Why is chlorine added to water?

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SECTION-B

11. (a) What is water softening and what are the different methods of water softening? (3)
    

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    (b) Why does tap water often smells like Chlorine? (3)
    (c) What affects water hardness? (2)
12. (a) Why does impure metal corrodes faster than pure metal? (2)
    (b) Iron corrodes faster than aluminium, even though iron is placed below aluminium in electrochemical series. Why? (2)
13. (a) What is chromatography are the advantages of chromatography over other techniques? (3)
    

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    (b) What are the main differences between High Pressure Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography? (3)
    (c) What type of solvents are generally employed for chromatography? (2)
14. (a) What is the function of salt bridge in electrochemical cell? (2)
    (b) Write a short note on reversible and irreversible cell (3)
    (c) Calculate the potential of the following electrochemical cell at 25°C : (3)
    

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    Cu (s) || Cu²⁺ (aq) (0.50M) || H⁺(0.01)|H₂(0.95 atm); Pt

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SECTION-C

15. (a) What is photochemical reaction and where does it occur? (3)
    (b) A solution containing bromine and cinnamic acid dissolved in CCl₄ was irradiated with light of wavelength 4358Å for 20 min. The intensity of light was 20,000 erg s^-1 and the solution absorbs only 90% of the light passing through it. If the amount of bromine consumed in this interval is 6.36x10^-5 mol. What is the quantum yield? (5)

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16. (a) Explain the Beer-Lambert's law. (4)
    (b) Why water cannot be used as a solvent in IR spectroscopy? (2)
    (c) What are the basic requirements for the Franck-Condon principle? (2)
17. (a) From the following sets of proton NMR data, give a structure consistent with each of the following : (4)
    a) C₆H₇Br (i) Quintet (2.15), 2H (ii) Triplet (2.75), 2H (iii) Triplet (3.38), 2H (iv) Singlet (7.25), 5H
    

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    b) C₁₀H₁₄ (i) Singlet (0.88), 9H (ii) Singlet (7.28), 5H
    (b) Write a short note on application of NMR in MRI. (4)
18. (a) Discuss the application of phase rule to Phenol- Water system. (4)
    (b) Discuss the following colligative properties :
    (i) Elevation in boiling point
    

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    (ii) Relative lowering in vapor pressure (4)

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