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What is the primary purpose of using insulating materials?

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Correct Answer: To keep the current in its proper path along the conductor.

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What is INGOT IRON?

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Correct Answer: Commercially pure open hearth iron.

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INGOT is a large block of metal that is used for _____.

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Correct Answer: Further rolling and processing

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What is an inert gas?

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Correct Answer: A gas that may be used as a shield in welding or heat treatment to prevent oxidation or scaling.

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What is a gas that may be used as a shield in welding or heat treatment to prevent oxidation or scaling called?

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Correct Answer: Inert Gas

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What is the main element in INCONEL?

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Correct Answer: Nickel

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What is INCONEL used for?

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Correct Answer: Nickel alloy highly resistant to heat and corrosion

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What does the term "IMPURITIES" mean?

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Correct Answer: Elements or compounds whose presence in a material is undesired.

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What is the composition of a HYPO EUTECTIC ALLOY?

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Correct Answer: To the left of the EUTECTIC on an equilibrium diagram

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What is the binary alloy whose composition lies to the right of the EUTECTIC on an equilibrium diagram?

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Correct Answer: HYPER EUTECTIC ALLOY

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What is HOYT METAL used for?

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Correct Answer: Bearings

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What is hot rolled steel?

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Correct Answer: Steel rolled to shape while being heated to the plastic condition.

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What is Hindu Minium?

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Correct Answer: A high strength aluminium alloy

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What is the minimum carbon content required for steel to be classified as high carbon steel?

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Correct Answer: 0.6%

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What is the "HALF VALUE LAYER"?

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Correct Answer: The thickness of an absorber that will reduce the intensity of radiation to one half.

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What is the term for the thickness of an absorber that will reduce the intensity of radiation to one half?

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Correct Answer: Half Value Layer

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What is the characteristic time required for half of the nuclei of a radioactive species to disintegrate spontaneously?

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Correct Answer: Half life

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What does HALF LIFE refer to?

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Correct Answer: The characteristic time required for half of the nuclei of a radioactive species to disintegrate spontaneously.

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What is the structure formed from ordinary lamellar pearlite by long annealing called?

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Correct Answer: GRANULAR PEARLITE

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What is granite made of?

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Correct Answer: Quartz, feldspar and mica

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What is GRANITE?

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Correct Answer: A rock composed of quartz, feldspar and mica

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What is the meaning of GRAIN?

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Correct Answer: Individual crystal in metals.

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What is a GLUE LAMINATED BEAM?

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Correct Answer: A structural wood beam made by gluing thinner boards together until a desired dimension for beam thickness is reached.

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What is GLASS?

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Correct Answer: A transparent substance produced by the fusion of sand and certain metallic salts

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What is Glacier Metal?

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Correct Answer: A tin base alloy used for lining bearings.

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What is gilding metal?

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Correct Answer: Alloy containing 80-90% copper, the reminder being zinc.

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What is the main metal found in gilding metal?

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Correct Answer: Copper

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What is GEL COAT?

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Correct Answer: A thin coat of plastic resin covering fibreglass panels.

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What is the desired part of an ore called?

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Correct Answer: The part of the ore with the valuable minerals

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What is the definition of "gangue"?

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Correct Answer: The worthless portion of an ore that is separated from the desired part before smelting is commenced.

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What is the range of temperature in which GAMMA IRON is stable?

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Correct Answer: 910-1230°C

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Which of the following is true about GAMMA IRON?

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Correct Answer: It is the face centered cubic form of pure iron.

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What is the percentage of molybdenum in the alloy ferromolybdenum?

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Correct Answer: 58-64%

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What is Ferromanganese?

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Correct Answer: An alloy of iron and manganese containing from 78-82% manganese.

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What is the range of manganese concentration in Ferromanganese?

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Correct Answer: 78-82%

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What is a material that exhibits the phenomena of hysteresis and saturation called?

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Correct Answer: Ferromagnetic material

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Which of the following is not present in ferrochromium?

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Correct Answer: Potassium

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What is the chromium content in the alloy known as Ferrochromium?

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Correct Answer: 60-72%

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What is the maximum percentage of iron that can be present in Ferroaluminium?

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Correct Answer: 20%

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What is the ratio of iron to aluminium in Ferroaluminium?

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Correct Answer: 20% iron, 80% aluminium

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What is the use of ferroalloys?

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Correct Answer: To increase the amount of certain elements in ferrous metals and alloys

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What is the other name for Ferrrite?

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Correct Answer: Alpha iron

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Which of the following is true about ferrite?

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Correct Answer: A magnetic form of iron

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What is the common name of Ferric Oxide?

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Correct Answer: Red Iron Oxide

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What does FERRIC OXIDE do?

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Correct Answer: Increases hot compressive strength

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What is Falkirk sand?

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Correct Answer: Moulding sand with a coarse, open texture.

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What are the binding qualities of Falkirk sand?

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Correct Answer: Moderate

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What is the meaning of "FACING SAND"?

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Correct Answer: Sand that forms the face of the mould which comes in contact with the molten metal.

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What does an emulsifier do?

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Correct Answer: A material that increases the stability of dispersion of one liquid in another.

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What is EMERY?

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Correct Answer: An abrasive material

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What is an element?

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Correct Answer: A substance which cannot be chemically broken down to simpler substances.

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Which of the following is NOT a form in which ELEKTRON is supplied?

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Correct Answer: Solids

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What is the name of the alloy?

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Correct Answer: ELEKTRON

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What is a magnet of variable strength produced by passing current through conductors around a soft iron core called?

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Correct Answer: Electromagnet

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What is an electromagnet?

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Correct Answer: A magnet of variable strength produced by passing current through conductors around a soft iron core.

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What is an electrolyte?

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Correct Answer: A non-metallic conductor, usually a fluid, in which electric current is carried by the movement of ions.

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What is "Electrical Sheets" the trade name for?

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Correct Answer: Iron and steel sheets used in the manufacture of punching for laminated magnetic circuits

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What is the use of electrical insulating materials?

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Correct Answer: To keep the current in its proper path along the conductor.

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What does ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIALS do?

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Correct Answer: Offer a very large resistance to flow of current

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What is electric steel used for?

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Correct Answer: Melting in electric furnaces

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What is the definition of an elastomer?

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Correct Answer: Any of various elastic substances resembling rubber.

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What is the purpose of using a dry sand mixture?

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Correct Answer: For making the moulds that are to be dried before using.

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Which of the following is not a requirement for the sand used in a dry sand mixture?

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Correct Answer: Strength

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What does DROSS mean?

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Correct Answer: The scum that forms on the surface of molten metal's

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What is the allotropic form of carbon?

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Correct Answer: Diamond

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What is DEVIZES SAND used for?

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Correct Answer: Coarse greenish yellow moulding sand

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What does the term "Developer" mean in photography?

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Correct Answer: A processing solution that reduces the exposed grains of an emulsion to metallic silver, thus making the image visible.

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What is the primary use of a deoxidizer?

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Correct Answer: To remove oxygen from molten metals

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From where does dendrite crystal grow?

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Correct Answer: From the surface of a mould

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DELTA IRON is an allotropic form of iron which is stable above what temperature?

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Correct Answer: 1390°C

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What is the meaning of "Degasifier"?

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Correct Answer: A material employed for removing gases from metals and alloys.

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What are the simplest carbohydrates?

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Correct Answer: Sugars

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What is the definition of Carbide?

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Correct Answer: A compound of carbon with one or more metallic elements.

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What is the process called when steel is covered with a cap fitting into the neck of the mould?

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Correct Answer: Capped Steel

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What is the primary use of CALCIUM SILICON?

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Correct Answer: Deoxidizer and degasifier for steel and cast iron

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CALCIUM SILICON is an alloy of which three elements?

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Correct Answer: Calcium, silicon and iron

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What is the crushed product CALCIUM MOLYBDATE used for?

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Correct Answer: Used to add molybdenum to iron and steel produced in open hearth, air furnace or electric furnace

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What is CALCIUM MOLYBDATE used for?

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Correct Answer: To add molybdenum to iron and steel produced in open hearth, air furnace or electric furnace.

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CALCIUM MANGANESE SILICON is an alloy containing _____.

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Correct Answer: 17 to 19% calcium, 8 to 10% manganese, 55 to 60% silicon and 10 to 14% iron

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What is the primary use of CALCIUM MANGANESE SILICON?

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Correct Answer: Scavenger for oxides, gases and non-metallic impurities in steel.

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What is calcium carbide made from?

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Correct Answer: Fusing lime and coke

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What is the colour of Calcium Carbide?

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Correct Answer: Greyish black

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What is the main use of calcium boride?

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Correct Answer: De-oxidation and degasification of non-ferrous metals and alloys.

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What is the main purpose of CALCIUM ALUMINIUM SILICON?

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Correct Answer: To degasify and deoxidize steel.

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What is the use of Cadmium?

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Correct Answer: White ductile metallic element used to plate steel and as an alloying element.

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What is BARK?

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Correct Answer: The decarburized layer just beneath the scale that results from heating steel in an oxidizing atmosphere.

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What does BAR stand for?

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Correct Answer: A piece of material thicker than sheet

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What is the name of the inventor of BAKELITE?

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Correct Answer: Dr. L.H. Backeland

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What is the temperature range for bainite to form?

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Correct Answer: 481° C to the M's temperature

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What is bainite?

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Correct Answer: A structure in steel that forms between 481° C and the M's temperature.

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What does "BACKING SAND" mean?

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Correct Answer: Foundry sand placed next to the facing sand after the latter is in place.

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What is the purpose of backing sand in a foundry?

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Correct Answer: It forms the bulk of sand used to complete the mould.

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What is the minimum percentage of tin in Babbitt metal?

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Correct Answer: 59.5%

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What are the constituents of BABBITT METAL?

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Correct Answer: Tin, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Iron, Bismuth

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Which of the following is not an element of an Alnico?

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Correct Answer: Titanium

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What is the main element in Alnico materials?

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Correct Answer: Aluminium

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What is the meaning of the term "ALLOY STEEL"?

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Correct Answer: Steel containing significant quantities of alloying elements added to effect changes in mechanical and physical properties.

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What are the alloying elements present in Alloy Steel?

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Correct Answer: Manganese, Silicon, Sulphur and Phosphorus

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What is the meaning of "alloying elements"?

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Correct Answer: Elements added to the base metal to change its properties

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What is another word for a substance composed of two or more chemical elements?

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Correct Answer: Alloy

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Over what range of temperatures do allotropic metals exist?

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Correct Answer: One lattice form over a range of temperature

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Which of the following is not an allotropic metal?

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Correct Answer: Copper

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What is the meaning of the word "Aggregate"?

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Correct Answer: Small particles that are used for powder metallurgy, that are loosely combined to form a whole

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What are additives?

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Correct Answer: Chemicals added to oil or fuel to increase its effectiveness and obtain desirable qualities

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What is the purpose of additives?

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Correct Answer: To increase the effectiveness of oil or fuel

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What does the chemical term "ACID" define?

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Correct Answer: A material which gives an acid reaction.

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What does ACID stand for?

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Correct Answer: A chemical term to define a material which gives an acid reaction.

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What is an abrasive?

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Correct Answer: A natural or artificial material such as sand stone, emery, aluminium oxide or silicon carbide.

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