This book covers all topics taught to the first-year undergraduate students of all engineering disciplines and caters to most engineering colleges and universities in India. It follows the AICTE recommended syllabus and puts together all the relevant material and presents each chapter in a simple, comprehensive, and illustrative manner. This textbook covers topics from diverse branches of chemistry, viz., general, inorganic, organic, and analytical chemistry in addition to a topic, nanomaterials, from material science. Each chapter includes a variety of solved and unsolved problems/exercises to help reinforce learning and boost the confidence of the learner/reader. The book also showcases a Lab Manual consisting of 15 laboratory experiments, providing the students with the much-needed practical knowledge of the subject.
- Comprehensive coverage of topics in an organized and systematic manner
- A right balance between the theory behind the concepts and their applications
- A neat and student-friendly visual presentation
- Rich pedagogy to support and illustrate the material for easy and effective learning
- Lab Manual, given at the end of the book, to impart valuable practical exposure
Chapter 1 Atomic and Molecular Structure
Chapter 2 Spectroscopic Techniques and Applications
Chapter 3 Intermolecular Forces and Potential Energy Surfaces
Chapter 4 Use of Free Energy in Chemical Equilibria
Chapter 5 Periodic Properties
Chapter 6 Stereochemistry
Chapter 7 Organic Reactions and Synthesis of a Drug Molecule
Prasanta Rath
Prasanta Rath is Associate Professor at School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He has more than 15 years of experience in teaching and has published and presented a number of research papers in national and international journals and conferences.
Subhendu Chakroborty
Subhendu Chakroborty is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan. He has worked as a researcher at some premier institutes in India, such as CDRI (CSIR) Lucknow and IIT Indore. His research interests and expertise extend over broad areas of medicinal chemistry, polymeric biomaterials, environmental chemistry, non-fouling materials, and, more recently, development of biocompatible surface coatings for multi-dimensional and diversified materials. Dr Chakroborty has published 14 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, authored 2 books, and contributed chapters in other books.
