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Age hardening is related to

A. Duralumin

B. Brass

C. Copper

D. Silver

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A. Duralumin


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The property of a material essential for spring materials is

A. Stiffness

B. Ductility

C. Resilience

D. Plasticity

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The coke in the charge of blast furnace

A. Controls the grade of pig iron

B. Acts as an iron bearing mineral

C. Supplies heat to reduce ore and melt the iron

D. Forms a slag by combining with impurities

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An important property of high silicon (12-18%) cast iron is the high

A. Hardness

B. Brittleness

C. Plasticity

D. Ductility

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An alloy of copper, tin and zinc is known as

A. Brass

B. Bronze

C. Gun metal

D. Muntz metal

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Which of the following is the binding material in cemented carbides?

A. Cobalt

B. Nickel

C. Vanadium

D. Iron

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Which of the following property is desirable for materials used in tools and machines?

A. Elasticity

B. Plasticity

C. Ductility

D. Malleability

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If a refractory contains high content of silicon, it means refractory is

A. Acidic

B. Basic

C. Neutral

D. Brittle

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Drop forging dies contain carbon of the order of

A. 0.1 to 0.2 %

B. 0.25 to 0.5 %

C. 0.6 to 0.7 %

D. 0.7 to 0.9 %

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The correct composition of Babbitt metal is

A. 87.75% Sn, 4% Cu, 8% Sb, 0.25% Bi

B. 90% Sn, 2% Cu, 4% Sb, 2% Bi, 2% Mg

C. 87% Sn, 4% Cu, 8% Sb, 1% Al

D. 82% Sn, 4% Cu, 8% Sb, 3% Al, 3% Mg

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The brown smoke during the operation of a Bessemer converter indicates that the

A. Air is burning out silicon and manganese

B. Silicon and manganese has burnt and carbon has started oxidising

C. The converter must be titled to remove the contents of the converter

D. The brown smoke does not occur during the operation of a Bessemer converter

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White cast iron

A. Contains 1.7 to 3.5% carbon in Free State and is obtained by the slow cooling of molten cast iron

B. Is also known as chilled cast iron and is obtained by cooling rapidly. It is almost unmachinable

C. Is produced by annealing process. It is soft, tough and easily machined metal

D. Is produced by small additions of magnesium (or creium) in the ladle. Graphite is in nodular or spheroidal form and is well dispersed throughout the material

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Pick up the wrong statement Nickel and chromium in steel help in

A. Providing corrosion resistance

B. Improving machining properties

C. Providing high strength at elevated temperatures

D. Raising the elastic limit

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Which of the following material has maximum ductility?

A. Mild steel

B. Copper

C. Nickel

D. Aluminium

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Corrosion resistance of steel is increased by addition of

A. Chromium and nickel

B. Sulphur, phosphorus, lead

C. Vanadium, aluminium

D. Tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, chromium

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Steel made from phosphate iron is

A. Brittle

B. Hard

C. Ductile

D. Tough

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The stiffness is the ability of a material to resist

A. Deformation under stress

B. Fracture due to high impact loads

C. Externally applied forces with breakdown or yielding

D. None of the above

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The ultimate tensile strength of low carbon steel by working at a high strain rate will

A. Decrease

B. Increase

C. Remain constant

D. First increase and then decrease

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The alloying element which reduces the formation of iron sulphide in steel is

A. Chromium

B. Nickel

C. Vanadium

D. Manganese

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The ability of a material to resist fracture due to high impact loads, is called

A. Strength

B. Stiffness

C. Toughness

D. Brittleness

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Structural steel contains following principal alloying elements

A. Nickel, chromium and manganese

B. Tungsten, molybdenum and phosphorous

C. Lead, tin, aluminium

D. Zinc, sulphur, and chromium

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The electric process of steel making is especially adapted to

A. Alloy and carbon tool steel

B. Magnet steel

C. High speed tool steel

D. All of these

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Cold rolled steel sheets contain carbon of the following order

A. 0.1 %

B. 0.2 %

C. 0.4 %

D. 0.6 %

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Maximum percentage of carbon in austenite is

A. 0.025 %

B. 0.26 %

C. 0.8 %

D. 1.7 %

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Hardness of steel depends on

A. Amount of carbon it contains

B. The shape and distribution of the carbides in iron

C. Method of fabrication

D. Contents of alloying elements

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The charge is fed into the blast furnace through the

A. Stack

B. Throat

C. Bosh

D. Tyres

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Dislocations in materials refer to the following type of defect

A. Point defect

B. Line defect

C. Plane defect

D. Volumetric defect

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The heat treatment process used for softening hardened steel is

A. Carburising

B. Normalising

C. Annealing

D. Tempering

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A reversible change in the atomic structure of steel with corresponding change in the properties is known as

A. Molecular change

B. Physical change

C. Allotropic change

D. Solidus change

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Addition of copper to aluminium results in

A. Improvement of casting characteristics

B. Improvement of corrosion resistance

C. One of the best known age and precipitation hardening systems

D. Improving machinability

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The elastic stress strain behaviour of rubber is

A. Linear

B. Nonlinear

C. Plastic

D. No fixed relationship