Topic outline

  • Introduction

    Chemistry is the branch of science that deals with the study of matter, its composition, physical and chemical properties and applications. It is important for engineers to have knowledge of chemistry as those may face problems in fields as diverse as design and development of new materials, quality control and environmental engineering that are basically chemistry oriented in nature. Chemistry is the backbone in designing and understanding the nature of various engineering materials.

     Many advances in engineering and technology either produce a chemical demand like polymers, chemical developments for their application in powder metallurgy and alloys, preventing methods of pollution etc. Currently electronics and computer field require biopolymers and nano materials. Electrical engineers require proper conducting materials. Mechanical engineers are in search of micro fluids and civil engineers are looking for environment friendly materials.

    The objective of the chemistry course is to acquaint the students with the basic phenomenon/concepts of engineering chemistry, the student face during course of their study in the civil engineering field. The student with the knowledge of the chemistry will understand and explain scientifically the various chemistry related problems in the industry/engineering field.


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    • Teacher'S Information:

      Name: Rasel Habib 
      Designation : Lecturer in Chemistry, Dept. of GED
      Desk: AB#04; Room No: 317; Permanent Campus
      Contact No: 01737052048
      E-mail: habib.ged@diu.edu.bd

      FacebooK Link: Rasel Habib


    • Course aims, outlines and outcome

      Course aims, outlines and outcome

      Course Aims-

      1.    To know the chemistry of cement, silicates, limes and water

      2.    To learn the basic concepts of polymer (some essential materials of construction)

      3.    To know the cause and prevention of corrosion

      4.    Chemistry of some specific civil engineering materials

      5.    Impact of industry on environment

      Course outline

      Chemistry of materials: Chemistry of cement, silicates and limes. Physical and chemical properties of water. Different types solutions, concentration units. Chemical equilibrium and thermo chemistry.


      Polymers: Different types of polymers and their properties, polymer degradation, elastomers and composite materials.

      Chemical corrosion of construction materials: Introduction to chemical corrosion, corrosion of metals and alloys in dry and wet environments, mechanism of corrosion, atmospheric and soil corrosion and their protective measures.


      Chemistry of environmental pollution: Environment and its characteristics, chemistry of toxic metals and non-metal pollutants, analytical techniques, used in the determination of pollutants, chemical concept of DO, BOD, COD and threshold odor number, chemistry involved in water treatment plants.


      Specific Examples for Civil Engineering:

      PET bottles, PVC pipes cones, uPVC doors/windows, HDPE pipes/sheets etc.
      Health problems with different metal pollutions (Arsenicosis, Minamata diseases etc.); DO, BOD, COD of water bodies around Dhaka; Arsenic, Iron, Manganese, testing techniques. How to extract metals from soil/solid samples for testing.Corrosion in water supply and wastewater pipes and fixtures. Corrosion in MS bar in a cracked RCC section, Corrosion of metals in steel structures, cable stayed bridges, docs – in saline areas.

      Course outcomes

      1. Students will be able to be enriched with the knowledge of raw materials, manufacturing procedure, reactions and applications of binding material like cement

      2. The maintenance and proper use of polymer in civil engineering will be ensured.

      3. This course will increase student's awareness about environmental pollution and protection from industrial effluent.

      4. Some specific examples of civil materials and their applications will be discussed to enhance skill of civil engineering. 





    • Course Assessment plan:

      Due to the pandemic situation arises from novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the University unable to launch/continue normal routine operation. Thereby, it has already been confirmed by the University that the Spring 2021 semester will go through online completely. To bring academic excellence in teaching-learning during online education, the University took prompt steps to employ the digital education platform DIU-BLC. No changes are required and the Department will follow the continuous assessment policy same as before. However, there will be some changes in evaluation of Midterm and Final examination.


      Attendance: Attendance in the classes is mandatory for all of the students. The course teacher is responsible to collect the attendance of students by any means (i.e. BLC, Google form, Google meet, other online tool) and ensure the availability of data at end of the semester (BLC, word or excel file).

      Assignment: Assignment can be taken in conventional way through online, course teacher has to assign different topic for each student or student group. The course teachers will need to consider following thingsin case of online Assignment:

      •  Number of assignments shouldn’t be less than 3 (three).
      • Assign different topic for each student or student group.
      • Assignment submission option will remain open in the BLC up to certain date/time.

      Quiz/CT: The course teachers will conduct all of the quizzes using DIU-BLC platform. The course teachers will need to consider following things in case of online Quiz conduction:

      •  Quiz can be conducted OFFLINE (no need to remain online, questions will be given and student will submit the answer through BLC) or combination of ONLINE/ OFFLINE.
      • Number of Quizzes shouldn’t be less than 4 (four) and average of best 3 will be counted.

      Question Pattern/ Style

      To minimize cheating, the pattern of online/offline Quiz shouldn’t be of same type / same setfor individual; combinational and open-book type questions are recommended. A Quiz may have following type of questions/activities:

      • MCQ / True-False / Fill in the blanks – each type should not be more than 5 marks and shuffle / variation of questions expected by using question bank.
      • Short question – shuffle/variation of questions expected by using question bankEssay type question
      • Video / Presentation slide based question
      •  Calculated / Calculated Simple with varying values question
      • Other innovative type of question/ online platform

      Presentation: The course teachers may conduct online presentation or viva on the nature of the courses. The course teachers may consider following thing:

      • Date/Time and topic of the presentation will be fix up and notify by the course teacher to the teacher.
      • Different topic will be assigned for each student (on subject matter or any other related topic) through BLC/ Google classroom/ Email/ Text/ Whatsapp/ Messenger etc.
      • The presentation may be considered live session or pre-recorded.
      • It will be given to the students either individual or group

      Midterm Examination: There will be a mid-term week and the examination committee will prepare a routine of all courses. The number of Midterm examination for each course will be one and it will be conducted in theDIU-BLC. Total marks will be 25; out of which 20 marks from examination and 5 marks from oral viva.

      Oral Viva – 5 marks

      • Viva session has to be recorded and syllabus may be considered up to Midterm Exam.
      • The course teachers will fix up the time for group of students (5-10) and can be conducted  by Google Meet or any other available platform (i.e. Zoom, Skype, Messenger, Viber, Whatsapp, Imo, Voice call etc.).

      Examination – 20 marks

      The question pattern/ style will be extended version of Quiz. Except the following:

      • Combination of questions (using different types of activities) are recommended.
      • Time duration of Midterm may vary from 20 to 40 minutes and valid time (opening and closing) may vary from 6 hrs to 18 hrs.
      • If any student fails to attend/ attempt Midterm exam due to any unavoidable circumstance, with proper explanation the course teacher can allow him/her to attempt the exam on special consideration.

      Final Examination: There will be a Final Examination week(s) and the examination committee will prepare a routine of all courses. The number of Final Examinations for each course will be one and it will be conducted in the DIU-BLC. Total marks will be 40; out of which 30 marks from examination and 10 marks from semester long individual/group assignment (special type).

      Individual/Group Assignment – 10 marks

      • It may contains 3 tasks: report writing, presentation and oral viva.
      • The assigned topic may be on subjective which may include data/ information collection/ analysis, system design, process/ technology and so on.
      • Course teacher will provide guidelines to each of the individual/ group whenever required.
      • The submission of report, date/ time of presentation and viva will be set up by course teacher (may be completed before the final examination)

      Examination – 30 marks

      The question pattern/ style will be extended version of Quiz/ Midterm. Except the following:

      • Combination of questions (using different types of activities) are recommended.
      • Time duration of Final Examination may vary from 30 to 50 minutes and valid time (opening and closing) may vary from 6 hrs to 18 hrs.
      • If any student fails to attend/attempt Final exam due to any unavoidable circumstance, with proper explanation the course teacher can allow him/her to attempt the exam on special consideration

    • Reference Books

      1. Cement Production Technology: Principles and Practice  by Anjan Kumar Chatterjee

      2.  Textbook of Polymer Science- Fred W. Billmayer

      3.  Environmental Chemistry by A. K. De

      4. Chemistry and water (1st edition) by Satinder Ahuja


  • Chapter 1: Chemistry of Materials (Lecture: 2-6)

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  • Quiz

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  • Chapter: 2 Polymers

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  • Midterm Exam

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  • Chapter: 4 Chemistry of environment pollution

    What Is Environmental Pollution

  • Chapter 4: Chemistry of Corrosion

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  • Assignment

  • Specific Examples for Civil Engineering:

  • Semester Final Assessment

    Assessment - Miss Kaitlin McMitchell

  • Presentation

    • Presentation Topics

      1. Chemistry of cement

      2. Environmental pollution

      3. Chemical equilibrium

      4. Solution

      5. Corrosion

      6. Polymers


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