Esters

Describe 5 esters and their uses in the engineering world.

Friedel-Crafts process

Research and be able to describe what this process is, covering alkylation and acylation.

Benzene compounds

Produce a presentation on the following;

• How is benzene made? Tim
• Pick 2 other compounds, research and describe how they're made? Andre & Stan
• What is TCP? How to antiseptics work? James

Organic Chemistry

Simple questions really... 1)What is Organic Chemistry? Post your definition in the blog comments please. 2)How do Alkanes, Alkenes and Arenes differ from each other?

Work for Fri 18th Jan

We're currently studying heat and thermodynamics, so in light of this, research and produce a presentation showing how a Stirling Engine works.

The Diesel Engine

The SHC for air is 0.00121 J.kg-1.K-1 Given the volume of air is 500cm3, the density of air is 1.294kg.m-3, work out how much energy is required to compress the cylinder of air. (Hint, convert the volume of air to mass first!) Next, if the engine is running at 1000rpm, how much energy is needed to compress the air. Show your working.

Compression & Expansion of gasses

Monday 10th Dec, P1-3 Working in pairs, produce a presentation which explains how the following work;

Air conditioning - James & Stan

A refrigerator - Andre & Tim

Elementary maths in your presentation is desirable!