1. Sugar and starch industries: Steps in the industrial extraction of cane sugar and inversion
of sugar. Refining of sugar.Production of sugar from sugar beet.Byproducts of sugar
industries.Management of industrial waste of sugar industries.Production of starch from
corn.Production of glucose and dextrin from starch.Starch derivatives and its importance.
2. Cellulose and allied industries: Natural sources of cellulose, its constituents and estimation.
Different processes for the manufacture of paper from pulp. Production of paperboard.
Viscose rayon and other modified cellulose fiber. Wood chemistry and wood chemicals.
3. Fuels: Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Coal and its constituents, different stages of coal
formation, analysis and calorific value of coal and other fuels.Carbonization.Distillation of
coal tar, hydrogenation of coal, manufacture of producer gas and water gas. Refining and
distillation of crude oil, motor and aviation fuels. Thermal and catalytic cracking, production
of motor fuels by alkylation.Cyclization and polymerization.Lubricating
agents.Hydrocarbons and petroleum, their distribution in Bangladesh.Methods of harnessing
hydrocarbons in Bangladesh.Petrochemicals from liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons.Natural
gas and its utilization.
4. Natural oils, fats and waxes: Extraction and refining of vegetable oils, analysis of fats and
oils and their uses, hydrogenation of oils, cotton seed, soybean, sunflower and linseed oils
and their uses.
5. Soaps and detergents: Methods of fat splitting. Manufacture of laundry and toilet soaps.
Recovery and refining of glycerin. Detergent: Definition, classification and their
manufacture. Comparison between soaps and detergents.Biodegradability of detergents.
6. Biotechnology related industries: Enzymes and micro-organism, production and
application of enzyme. Microbial activity. Fermentation unit processes and unit control.
Instrumentation and control.Recovery of fermentation products and waste treatment.
Manufacture of industrial alcohol and absolute alcohol, principle and production of citric
acid, lactic acid, butyl alcohol, acetone and acetic acid.
7. Surface coating industries: Pigment; its classification and manufacture. Paints; its
constituents, functions and manufacturing process, paint application and paint failure.Printing
ink; its classification and manufacture.Varnishes, lacquers and enamels and its functions;
industrial polishes.
8. Chemical explosives: Definition, objective, classification and characteristics, principles of
explosives technology. Toxic chemical agents and propellants.Industrial explosives
(nitroglycerine, dynamite).Military explosives; TNT, Tertyl, picric acid, nitrocellulose; toxic
chemicals and chemical vapors; propellants of rocket guided missiles.
9. Rubber industries: Natural rubber; its production and processing. Synthetic rubber; its
classification, production of monomers and their polymerisation processes. Latex
compounds, Rubber compounding, Vulcanization of rubber. Different rubber processing
chemicals and their functions.
10. Agrochemical industries: Agrochemicals- their characteristics and composition; chemical
pesticides manufacture and formulation of pesticides.
11. Food processing industries: Types of food processing, its instrumentation and methods, By
products of food and their uses. Food additives.
12. Pharmaceutical industries: Classification of pharmaceutical products and their raw
materials, Methods of chemical manufacturing and different reactions involved in
pharmaceutical products.