Mechanical Engineering
GATE ME topic:engineering-materials PYQs
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Questions 11–20 of 21. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 11
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Match the following.
Heat treatment process | Effect |
|---|---|
P: Temper | 1. Strengthening |
Q: Quenching | 2. Toughening |
R: Annealing | 3. Hardening |
S: Normalizing | 4. Softening |
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Which one of the following statements about a phase diagram is INCORRECT?
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Hardenability of steel is a measure of
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The binary phase diagram of metals P and Q is shown in the figure.

An alloy X containing 60% P and 40% Q (by weight) is cooled from liquid to solid state. The fractions of solid and liquid (in weight percent) at 1250 °C, respectively, will be
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Denoting L as liquid and M as solid in a phase-diagram with the subscripts representing different phases, a eutectoid reaction is described by
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The number of atoms per unit cell and the number of slip systems, respectively, for a face-centered cubic (FCC) crystal are
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The true stress (in MPa) versus true strain relationship for a metal is given by
The cross-sectional area at the start of a test (when the stress and strain values are equal to zero) is 100 mm². The cross-sectional area at the time of necking (in mm²) is ______ (correct to two decimal places)
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A bar is compressed to half of its original length. The magnitude of true strain produced in the deformed bar is ________ (correct to two decimal places).
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The crystal structure of aluminium is
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Given the atomic weight of Fe is 56 and that of C is 12, the weight percentage of carbon in cementite (Fe
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