Metallurgical Engineering
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Question 48
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For a two-dimensional field described by
, the magnitude of its gradient at the point
is _____ (rounded off to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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X-ray diffraction using a monochromatic radiation of wavelength 0.154 nm is performed on powder samples of metal A (with FCC crystal structure) and metal B (with BCC crystal structure).
If the first peak in both the cases occurs at a Bragg angle
, then the value of
= _____ (rounded off to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The excess molar Gibbs free energy of a solution of element A and B at 1000 K is given by
, where
and
are mole fractions of A and B, respectively.The activity of B in a solution of A and B containing 40 mol% of B at 1000 K is _____ (rounded off to two decimal places).
Given: Ideal gas constant R = 8.314 J mol
K
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Molten steel at 1900 K having dissolved hydrogen needs to be vacuum degassed.
The equilibrium partial pressure of hydrogen to be maintained to achieve 1 ppm (mass basis) of dissolved hydrogen is _____ Torr (rounded off to two decimal places).
Given: For the hydrogen dissolution reaction in molten steel (½ H
(g) = [H]), the equilibrium constant (expressed in terms of ppm of dissolved H) is:
1 atm = 760 Torr
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The value of
is _____ (in integer).Log in to check the answer
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Consider the following reactions and their standard Gibbs free energies (in J):
Fe(s) +
O
(g) ⇌ FeO(s)
2 H
(g) + O
(g) ⇌ 2 H
O(g)
Assuming Fe and FeO to be pure and no solubility of gases in the solids, the value of
required to reduce solid FeO to solid Fe at 1000 K is _____ (rounded off to two decimal places).Given: Ideal gas constant R = 8.314 J mol
K
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The diameter of spherical galena particles that have the same settling velocity as spherical quartz particles of diameter 25 μm (both settling in water) is _____ μm (rounded off to one decimal place).
Assume Stokes law of settling to be valid.
Given: Density of galena = 7400 kg m
, density of quartz = 2600 kg m
, density of water = 1000 kg m
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Consider the following cell reaction:
Mg + Cd
⇌ Mg
+ CdThe standard Gibbs free energy change for the reaction is _____ kJ (rounded off to an integer).
Given: Standard oxidation potentials for the reactions with respect to standard hydrogen electrode are:
Mg ⇌ Mg
+ 2e
E° = 2.37 VCd ⇌ Cd
+ 2e
E° = 0.403 VFaraday’s constant = 96500 C mol
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Copper is being electrodeposited from a CuSO
bath onto a stainless steel cathode of total surface area of 2 m
in an electrolytic cell operated at a current density of 200 A m
with a current efficiency of 90%.The mass of copper deposited in 24 h is _____ kg (rounded off to two decimal places).
Given: Faraday’s constant = 96500 C mol
, atomic mass of copper = 63.5 g mol
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An intrinsic semiconductor has conductivity of 100 Ω
m
at 300 K and 300 Ω
m
at 500 K.The band gap of the semiconductor is _____ eV (rounded off to two decimal places).
Given: Boltzmann constant
= 8.6 × 10
eV K
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