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  • Question
  • Silicon when added to copper improves


  • Options
  • A. machinability
  • B. hardness
  • C. hardness and strength
  • D. strength and ductility

  • Correct Answer
  • hardness and strength 


  • Engineering Materials problems


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    • 1. Nodular cast iron is produced by adding __________ to the molten cast iron.

    • Options
    • A. nickel
    • B. chromium
    • C. copper
    • D. magnesium
    • Discuss
    • 2. The steel produced by bessemer or open hearth process is __________ to that produced by L-D process.

    • Options
    • A. superior
    • B. inferior
    • Discuss
    • 3. The charge is fed into the blast furnace through the

    • Options
    • A. stack
    • B. throat
    • C. bosh
    • D. tuyers
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following process of steel making is in operation at Tata Iron and Steel Works, Jamshedpur?

    • Options
    • A. Bessemer process
    • B. Open hearth process
    • C. Duplex process
    • D. Electric process
    • Discuss
    • 5. The hardness is the property of a material due to which it

    • Options
    • A. can be drawn into wires
    • B. breaks with little permanent distortion
    • C. can cut another metal
    • D. can be rolled or hammered into thin sheets
    • Discuss
    • 6. The hardness of steel increases if it contains

    • Options
    • A. pearlite
    • B. ferrite
    • C. cementite
    • D. martensite
    • Discuss
    • 7. Brass is an alloy of

    • Options
    • A. copper and zinc
    • B. copper and tin
    • C. copper, tin and zinc
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The cupola is used to manufacture

    • Options
    • A. pig iron
    • B. cast iron
    • C. wrought iron
    • D. steel
    • Discuss
    • 9. Cast iron is manufactured in

    • Options
    • A. blast furnace
    • B. cupola
    • C. open hearth furnace
    • D. bessemer converter
    • Discuss
    • 10. An alloy steel which is work hardenable and which is used to make the blades of bulldozers, bucket wheel excavators and other earth moving equipment contain iron, carbon and

    • Options
    • A. chromium
    • B. silicon
    • C. manganese
    • D. magnesium
    • Discuss


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