1. Introduction to Industrial Chemistry………………….. 07
1.1. Introduction:
1.2. The Broad Scope and significance of Industrial Chemistry
1.3. Classification of Industries on the Basis of Size
1.4. Importance of Chemical Industry in Daily Life and national economy
1.5. Inorganic chemical raw materials
1.6. Difference between Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
1.7. Role of Industrial Chemists
1.8. Role of plant chemists
2. Industrial Pollution Control……………………….. 19
2.1. Overview of Industrial Pollution
2.2. Pollution Control Technologies
2.3. Water
2.4. Solid waste
2.5. Green Chemistry
3. Unit Operations and Unit Processes ………………… 39
3.1 Overview of chemical industries in India
3.2 Definition and distinction between Unit Operations and Unit Processes
3.3 Distinction between Unit Operations and Unit Processes
3.4 Importance in industrial chemical manufacturing
3.5 Distillation: Principle, Types of distillation, application in alcohol and petroleum industries
3.6 Drying
3.7 Filtration
3.8 Extraction
3.9 Crystallization
3.10 Nitration: Concept and Industrial Method (Nitrobenzene Synthesis)
3.11 Sulfonation: Concept and Industrial Method (Detergent Manufacturing)
3.12 Halogenation: Mechanism and Example (Chloroform Production)
3.13 Polymerization: Introduction, Types, Processes, and Applications
4. Heavy and Fine Chemicals……………………………. 78
4.1 Overview and significance of Heavy and Fine Chemicals in chemical industries
4.2 Distinction between bulk production (Heavy Chemicals) and highpurity specialty production (Fine Chemicals).
4.3 Importance in sectors such as fertilizers, explosives, pharmaceuticals, and electronics.
4.4 Heavy Chemical Manufacturing Processes
4.5 Contact Process: Manufacture of sulfuric acid.
4.6 Haber Process: Synthesis of ammonia
4.7 Solvay Process: Production of sodium carbonate
4.8 Chlor-alkali Process: Electrolysis of brine for chlorine, hydrogen, and sodium hydroxide production
4.9 Importance of Catalysts : Catalytic roles in sulfuric acid and ammonia production for energy-efficient processes
4.10 Fine Chemical Manufacturing
4.11 Batch manufacturing: Penicillin production in fermentation reactors
4.12 Continuous manufacturing: Large-scale paracetamol intermediate production
4.13 Physicochemical principles and their application of Heavy Chemical and Fine Chemical
4.14 Purification Techniques for Fine Chemicals
