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  • Nickel when added to copper improves


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

  • Correct Answer
  • hardness 


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    • 1. When filing or machining cast iron makes our hands black, then it shows that __________ is present in cast iron.

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    • A. cementite
    • B. free graphite
    • Discuss
    • 2. The percentage carbon content in wrought iron is about

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    • A. 0.02
    • B. 0.1
    • C. 02
    • D. 0.4
    • Discuss
    • 3. The silicon steel is widely used for

    • Options
    • A. connecting rods
    • B. cutting tools
    • C. generators and transformers in the form of laminated cores
    • D. motor car crankshafts
    • Discuss
    • 4. Ball bearings are, usually, made from

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    • A. low carbon steel
    • B. high carbon steel
    • C. medium carbon steel
    • D. chrome steel
    • Discuss
    • 5. Eutectoid reaction occurs at

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    • A. 600°C
    • B. 723°C
    • C. 1147°C
    • D. 1493°C
    • Discuss
    • 6. The alloying element which reduces the formation of iron sulphide in steel is

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    • A. chromium
    • B. nickel
    • C. vanadium
    • D. manganese
    • Discuss
    • 7. Babbit metal is a

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    • A. lead-base alloy
    • B. copper-base alloy
    • C. tin-base alloy
    • D. cadmium-base alloy
    • Discuss
    • 8. The ratio of the volume occupied by the atoms to the total volume of the unit cell is called

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    • A. coordination number
    • B. atomic packing factor
    • C. space lattice
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a hardening process, the hypo-eutectoid steel is

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    • A. heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical temperature and then cooled in still air
    • B. heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical temperature and then cooled suddenly in a suitable cooling medium
    • C. heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical temperature and then cooled slowly in the furnace
    • D. heated below or close to the lower critical temperature and then cooled slowly
    • Discuss
    • 10. When a low carbon steel is heated upto lower critical temperature,

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    • A. there is no change in grain size
    • B. the average grain size is a minimum
    • C. the grain size increases very rapidly
    • D. the grain size first increases and then decreases very rapidly
    • Discuss


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