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Introduction To Metallurgy — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Metallurgical Engineering MCQs on Introduction To Metallurgy — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for PAEC, NESCOM, HIT, FPSC.

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Exam-Level PAEC NESCOM HIT FPSC
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Question 1 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

An electrolytic refining cell for copper consists of an alloy with activity of copper ac u = 0.8 as the anode, and pure copper as the cathode. What is the absolute value of the cell potential (in millivolts) at 25°C, given that copper is divalent? Faraday constant is 96500 C/mol and the universal gas constant is 8.314 J/(mol.K).

Question 2 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The percentage of ferrite and pearlite in annealed 0.5% carbon steel is approximately

Question 3 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Total Magnification is obtained by . . . . . . . .

Question 4 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Match the particle morphologies in Group 1 with the powder production methods in Group 2 . Group-1 Group-2 P. Superalloy powder with rounded morphology 1. Carbonyl process Q. Monosieed spherical Ta powder 2. Gas atomisation R. Fe powder with onion peel structure 3. Oxide reduction S. Irregularly shaped W powder 4. Rotating electrode process

Question 5 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which one is not an agglomeration process?

Question 6 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The driving force for sintering a compact consisting of spherical particles of radius R 1 is ΔG 1 . If the particle size is reduced to R 2 = 0.1 R 1 , the corresponding driving force ΔG 2 = αΔG 1 , where α is

Question 7 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The engineering stress-strain curve for a ceramic material is

Question 8 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The parameters can be measured using the DSC and DTA are

Question 9 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

In heterogrnous nucleation, the radius of the critical nucleus does not depends upon

Question 10 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The wavelength of UV spectrum ranges

Question 11 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which of the following is disadvantage in contact mode scaning

Question 12 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Copper can be reduced from acidic copper sulphate solution by

Question 13 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

For sintering of green powder compacts of copper, choose the correct statement: P. Sintering should be done in an inert or reducing atmosphere. Q. At a given sintering temperature, the rate of shrinkage will be higher for finer powder size. R. Full density parts can be produced in a finite time by solid state sintering S. Sintered compacts will have a higher strength than those made by metal working

Question 14 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Match the operations listed in Group I with the type of processes listed in Group II . Group-I Group-II P. Blast Furnace Iron making 1. Refining Q. BOF Steel making 2. Electrolysis R. Hall-Heroult Process 3. Smelting S. Bayer Process 4. Leaching

Question 15 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A rod of a metal with Young's modulus of 200 GPa is pulled in tension to a stress of 400 MPa. What is the elastic strain (in %) that is recovered, when the rod is completely unloaded?

Question 16 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Match the following: Group 1 Group 2 P. Dulong formula 1. Ultimate analysis Q. Carbon 2. Gray body R. Dwight-Lloyd machine 3. Sintering S. Radiation 4. Refractory

Question 17 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Match the following: Group 1 Group 2 P. Hall petch relation 1. Bulk diffusion between grain boundaries Q. Orowan mechanism 2. Fracture of brittle materials R. Nabarro-Herring creep 3. Grain boundary strengthening S. Griffith criterion 4. Dispersion strengthening

Question 18 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

For the following electrochemical reaction Sn + 2H + = Sn 2+ + H 2 if the solution has Sn 2+ concentration 10 -2 M and pH 5 at 298 K, which of the following is true? Given: standard reduction potential for Sn 2+ + 2e- → Sn is - 0.136 V versus SHE; pH 2 = 1 atm

Question 19 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Oil impregnated bonze bearings are manufactured using

Question 20 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which of the following option is appropriate for TGA and DTA?

Question 21 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

. . . . . . . . wavelength X-rays used in medicals applications.

Question 22 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Identify the correct statements from the following: P. 0.2% yield strength of a material implies 0.2% of the yield strength. Q. Von-Misses yield criterion implies that yielding occurs when the distortion energy reaches a critical value. R. Radius of the cylinderical Von-Misses yield surface increases as the grain, size of a single phase material decreases. S. Tresca's yield criterion gives a circular cylinderical surface in the space of the three principal stresses.

Question 23 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

In a brittle material, the maximum internal crack is 8 μm. If Young's modulus is 400 GPa and surface energy is 3.14 J/m 2 , the estimated theoretical fracture strenght (in MPa) is

Question 24 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A diffracted beam may be defined as a beam composed of a large number of scattered rays mutually reinforcing one other

Question 25 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The magnified image of the specimen in SEM is formed in . . . . . . . .

Question 26 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The driving force for sintering of a powder compact is

Question 27 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The yield strenght of a polycrystalline metal increases from 100 MPa to 145 MPa on decreasing the grain size from 64 μm to 25 μm. The yield strenght of this metal (in MPa) having a grain size of 36 μm is

Question 28 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which ratio is measured by mass detector ?

Question 29 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The sulphide capacity (C s ) of liquid slag of composition 55 wt% CaO, 20 wt% SiO 2 , 15 wt% Al 2 O 3 and 10 wt% MgO is given by the following equation $$\log {C_s} = 3.44\left( {{X_{caO}} + 0.1\,{X_{MgO}} - 0.8\,{X_{A{l_2}{O_3}}} - {X_{si{o_2}}}} \right) - \left( {\frac{{9894}}{T}} \right) + 2.05$$ where, X is mole fraction of the respective components. Atomic weights of Ca, Mg, Si, Al and O are 40, 24, 28, 27, and 16 respectively. The value of C s at 1900 K is

Question 30 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Fracture stress for a brittle material having a crack lenght of 1μm is 200 MPa. Fracture stress for the same material having a crack lenght of 4 μm is

Question 31 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

In powder compacting of a monolithic component, it is generally advised to keep the ratio of thickness to width below a limit (say 2.0) this is essentially due to

Question 32 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The first alignment step of an AFM is done so that

Question 33 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

For preparation of porous bearing by powder metallurgy, preferred particle is

Question 34 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which among the following helps us in getting a three-dimensional picture of the specimen?

Question 35 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A polymer matrix composite is reinforced with long continuous ceramic fibers aligned in one direction. The young's moduli of the matrix and fibers are Em and Er respectively and the volume fraction of the fibers is f. Assuming iso-stress condition, Young's modulus of the composite Ec in a direction perpendicular to the length of fibers, is given by the expression

Question 36 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Which of the following is a crystalline solid?

Question 37 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

A high cycle fatigue failure is identified by the presence of

Question 38 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The intensity of the X-rays depend on . . . . . . . . of materials.

Question 39 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

The relation between inter planer spacing(d), lattice parameter and miller indices (hkl)

Question 40 of 40
★ PAEC ★ NESCOM

Secondary electrons in scanning electron microscope is collected by

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