PREFACE

Chemistry, as a basic science, plays a vital role in making a foundation for engineering students and ensuring security by shaping a fruitful superstructure for their entire career.

A comprehensive knowledge of fundamental chemistry is essential for promising and sustainable future. Chemistry plays a leading role in shaping the future of research and development with the integration of multidisciplinary fields such as life sciences, material science, medicine, engineering and technology.

Engineering Chemistry text book is exclusively designed for the needs of undergraduate students of all disciplines of science, engineering and technology. This book is designed based on the syllabi of various universities and autonomous colleges of India. Hence, this book highly recommended for both graduate and under graduate students of science, engineering and technology. This book introduces the fundamental concepts in a simple and illustrative manner. This book can also be a useful as self-learning guide for students as well as teachers to teach in a highly practical way. This book contains 21 theory chapters and 14 lab experiments as an online supplement as per the latest engineering chemistry syllabi offered in all Indian Universities. Each chapter starts with brief introduction and provides in-depth information of the relevant topics covered in the syllabus. The textbook covers all the topics and includes latest information with diagrams, tables and solved numerical problems, and the review zone contains fill in the blanks, multiple-choice questions, short answer questions and descriptive questions for examinations. As the book discusses the fundamentals with a practical approach it is suggested for several nationwide competitive exams such as NET, SET, GATE Groups and Civil Services.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

From the bottom of my heart, I give all glory and praises to the Almighty for his everlasting mercy and abundant compassion to accomplish this work.

Mere words could never express my gratitude to my teachers who provided me all support, guidance and precious life lessons. They activated hunger for knowledge and wisdom, and inspired me to plan a better future by adding my brick of effort to the world of Chemistry.

I am beholden to the authorities of JNTUA, Anantapur, for their encouragement to sharpen my skills and contribute same to the development of student community. This effort of ours would not have been a success but for the contributions made by a lot of people.

I express my heartfelt thanks to the members of editorial and production team of Pearson Education, especially Mr Sojan Jose, Ms R. Dheepika and Mr M. Balakrishnan, for their unrelenting efforts in editing the manuscript and their immense contribution has shaped this stupendous work.

I wish to express my sincere thanks to my family members. I owe much to my parents Sri Kalluru Naga Malla Reddy and Smt. Gangulamma, my brothers Sri Mallikarjuna Reddy and Sri Nagarjuna Reddy for their cherished, unstinted love and encouragement in all my good activities.

I wish to express my indebted thanks to my husband Dr C. Mallikarjuna Reddy for his unbounding affection and source of constant inspiration throughout my work. I am grateful to my sister-in-law Smt. T. Chandra Leelavathi and my brother Sri T. Raja Sekhara Reddy, for their perpetual dedication to carry out my family commitments with all their moral and physical support while I struggled with my work. My hearty cheers to my beloved children C. Hitesh Reddy and C. Hasya Reddy, whose love and smile encouraged me in completing this work.

I am thankful to my colleagues, friends and students who helped me a lot to write this book.

K. Sesha Maheswaramma

I express my thanks to all of my family members. First and foremost, I would like to thank my husband Gaurav Chugh for standing by me throughout my career and supporting me in writing this book. He is a continuous source of inspiration. I would like to thank my parents and my siblings for allowing me to follow my ambitions throughout my childhood. My family, including my in-laws, has always supported me throughout my career and authoring this book and I really appreciate it. I would also like to thank Dr Y. Madhveelatha, Principal, MRECW for her encouragement and Dr Pawan Sharma for suggestions and guidance. I also owe my thanks to my well-wishers Dr Nidhi Dureja, Dr Gaurav Dhingra, Dr Saritha and Ms Tanuja Safala and Ms Harshitha.

Mridula Chugh