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  • Silicon in cast iron


  • Options
  • A. makes the iron soft and easily machinable
  • B. increases hardness and brittleness
  • C. makes the iron white and hard
  • D. aids fusibility and fluidity

  • Correct Answer
  • makes the iron soft and easily machinable 


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    • 1. The process which improves the machinability of steels, but lowers the hardness and tensile strength, is

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    • A. normalising
    • B. full annealing
    • C. process annealing
    • D. spheroidising
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    • 2. The malleability is the property of a material due to which it can be rolled or hammered into thin sheets.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 3. The process used for relieving the internal stresses previously set up in the Metal and for increasing the machinability of steel, is

    • Options
    • A. normalising
    • B. full annealing
    • C. process annealing
    • D. spheroidising
    • Discuss
    • 4. Thermosetting plastics are those materials which

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    • A. are formed into shape under heat and pressure and results in a permanently hard product
    • B. do not become hard with the application of heat and pressure and no chemical change occurs
    • C. are flexible and can withstand considerable wear under suitable conditions
    • D. are used as a friction lining for clutches and brakes
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    • 5. The temperature point at which the change ends on heating the steel is called

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    • A. lower critical point
    • B. upper critical point
    • C. point of recalescence
    • D. point of decalescence
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    • 6. The delta-iron possesses a body centred cubic space lattice.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
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    • 7. Which of the following solids are malleable and ductile?

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    • A. Ionic solids
    • B. Covalent solids
    • C. Metallic solids
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. A carbon steel having Brinell hardness number 100 should have ultimate tensile strength closer to

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    • A. 100 N/mm2
    • B. 200 N/mm2
    • C. 350 N/mm2
    • D. 1000 N/mm2
    • Discuss
    • 9. The nuts and bolts are made from silicon steel.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
    • Discuss
    • 10. The essential constituent of a hardened steel is

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    • A. pearlite
    • B. austenite
    • C. martensite
    • D. troostite
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