1. Carbon dissolved in iron to form a solid solution is called _________ ?

austenite

ferrite

cementite

pearlite

Answer: ferrite

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2. At room temperature, plain carbon steel contains ?

ferrite and cementite

ferrite and pearlite

pearlite and cementite

ferrite, cementite and pearlite

Answer: ferrite, cementite and pearlite

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3. Which one of the following purpose of tempering a hardened steel component ?

to increase toughness

to increase ductility

to increase hardness

to decrease hardness

Answer: to increase toughness

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4. Which one of the following structure of steel is obtained due to the drastic cooling from the austenite structure ?

ferrite

cementite

austenite

martensite

Answer: martensite

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5. Which one of the following group of quenching diameter is in order of there severity of the cooling rate, i.e. from slow to rapid cooling ?

oil, forced air, brine solution

oil, brine solution, forced air

forced air, oil, brine solution

brine solution, oil, forced air

Answer: forced air, oil, brine solution

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6. In a case hardening process, ammonia gas is introduced on steel, the process is know as ?

cyaniding

nitriding

ammonising

carburizing

Answer: nitriding

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7. A carbon steel peace heated just above 730°c, maintained at that temperature for a few hours and then slowly cooled, what heat treatment process is carried out ?

hardening

tempering

normalising

annealing

Answer: annealing

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8. The purpose of normalising steel is to ?

remove induced stresses

improve machinability

soften the steel

increase the toughness and decrease the brittleness

Answer: remove induced stresses

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9. Hypo eutectoid steel is one which consists ____________ ?

carbon up to 0.8%

carbon having just 0.8%

carbon containing more than 0.8% and up to 2.1%

none of the above

Answer: carbon up to 0.8%

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10. Carbonising is used to increase ?

fatigue strength

were resistance

surface hardness

all of these

Answer: all of these

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