Metallurgical Engineering
2017 · Paper 1
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Question 43
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For homogeneous nucleation of solid in a liquid of a pure metal, the critical edge length (in nm) of a cube shaped nucleus is __________ (answer up to two decimal places)
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Assuming the solid phases to be pure, the slope of line BC in the predominance area diagram schematically shown below is ________ (answer up to two decimal places)

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For each of the crystallographic system listed in Group-I, match the corresponding minimum symmetry in Group-II
Group-I
[P] Tetragonal
[Q] Cubic
[R] Monoclinic
[S] Rhombohedral
Group-II
[1] 1 two-fold rotation
[2] 1 three-fold rotation
[3] 4 three-fold rotation
[4] 1 four-fold rotation
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