Metallurgical Engineering
GATE MT year:2023 PYQs
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Questions 51–60 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 51
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A dislocation loop PQRSTU is on the
plane of a cubic single crystal with Burgers vector
. The dislocation segments
and
are parallel to
and
directions, respectively.

The correct statement(s) is/are
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Compared to top gating, the effect(s) of bottom gating in sand mold casting is/are
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Choose the correct statement(s) in the context of fusion welding of austenitic stainless steel containing about 0.06 wt.% carbon.
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For the equation
the value of
is __________ (in integer).Log in to check the answer
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Enthalpy of formation of an A–B regular solution containing 80 atomic percent A is 3.36
. The activity coefficient of A at 500 K for the solution containing 40 atomic percent A is __________ (round off to 1 decimal place).Given: Universal gas constant, R = 8.314
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A thin plate is loaded in plane stress condition with
The maximum principal stress in
is __________
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A chimney as shown in the figure requires to have natural draft (pressure difference between the furnace and the bottom of chimney,
) of
.

Given: acceleration due to gravity,
Assume densities of air and flue do not change along the chimney height. Neglect frictional energy loss and kinetic energy difference at the bottom and top of the chimney.
If the density difference between the air and flue is
, the minimum height (
) of the chimney in meters is __________ (round off to nearest integer).Log in to check the answer
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Two circular surfaces A and B with the values of emissivity
, temperature T, and respective view factors are shown in the figure. Consider heat radiation only between surfaces A and B.

Given: Stefan-Boltzmann constant,
Net heat flow rate by radiation from surface A in kW is __________ (round off to 1 decimal place).
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Copper ore assaying 10 wt.% Cu is fed to a concentration plant at the rate of 100 tons/h. If the grades of concentrate and tailing are 30 wt.% Cu and 1 wt.% Cu, respectively, the percentage recovery of copper in concentrate is __________ (round off to nearest integer).
Given: 1 ton = 1000 kg
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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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