Metallurgical Engineering
GATE MT year:2023 PYQs
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Questions 61–65 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 61
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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
= stress intensity rangeLog in to check the answer
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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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