Metallurgical Engineering
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Questions 81–90 of 232. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 60
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Diffraction pattern of a polycrystalline BC metal is obtained using monochromatic X-rays of wavelength 0.25 nm. If the first peak occurs at Brag angle (
) of 30°, then the radius of the metal atom in nm is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The alloy A (given in the phase diagram) is cooled slowly from the liquid state to just below the eutectic temperature.

The ratio of weight fractions of pro-eutectic
to eutectic
is __________ (round off to 1 decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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In an aqueous solution of Fe
ions with concentration of
M at 298 K and atmospheric pressure, the reduction potential of Fe in volt is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Given: Standard reduction potential,
Faraday’s constant, F = 96500 C per mole of electrons
Universal gas constant, R = 8.314
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Strain hardening behavior of an alloy is given by
, where
and
are true stress and true strain, respectively. The alloy is cold drawn to an unknown amount of strain, followed by tensile testing. If the tensile test showed 10 % reduction in area at maximum load, the unknown amount of strain from prior cold work is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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A specimen containing maximum initial surface crack of size 1.5 mm is subjected to cyclic loading with
and
. Assuming specimen geometric factor of 1, and referring to the given figure, the crack growth rate in
m cycle
is __________ (round off to nearest integer).
Given: N = number of cycles
a = crack length
R = stress ratio
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A 200 mm thick slab is rolled using 500 mm diameter rolls under cold rolling and hot rolling conditions, separately. The coefficient of friction is 0.04 in cold rolling and 0.4 in hot rolling. The ratio of maximum possible thickness reduction in cold rolling to that in hot rolling is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).
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A set of observations with normal distribution of error as ±1.96σ (where σ is standard deviation) is equivalent to the confidence interval of _______% (round off to the nearest integer).
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A Newtonian incompressible liquid is contained between two parallel metal plates separated by
m (see figure). A stress of 5 Pa is required to maintain the upper plate in motion with a constant speed of 2 m·s
in the horizontal direction relative to the bottom plate.The viscosity of liquid contained between the plates is _______ ×
Pa·s (answer rounded off to 1 decimal place). 
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From high temperature tensile test, the flow stress (measured at the same value of strain) of an alloy was found to be 50 MPa at a strain rate of
and 70 MPa at a strain rate of
. The strain rate sensitivity parameter is ______ (round off to 3 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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A spherical gas bubble of radius 0.01 mm is entrapped in molten steel held at 1773 K. If the pressure outside the bubble is 1.5 bar, the pressure inside the bubble is ______ bar (round off to 1 decimal place).
Given: 1 bar =
Pa and the surface tension of the steel at 1773 K is
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