Engineering

Chemistry
Total Marks 30

SET –A
1 Give reasons for the
(a) following
Deposition of extraneous matter on metal surfaces for a long period is [2]
undesirable.

(b)
Iron corrodes faster than aluminium, even though iron is placed below
aluminium in the
electrical series.

[2]

(c) A steel pipe in a large copper tank corrodes causing

destruction.
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(d) Iron does not rust if zinc coating is broken, but rusting occurs much faster if tin
coating
over iron is broken..
(e) Boilers in industries develop a sudden crack on the
surface..

(f) Rate of rusting of iron increases if CO2 is present in

water.

Corrosion in dry sandy soils is lower than clayey

(g)
soil.
(h) Corrosion is more in humid
environment.

(i) Bolt and nut of the same metal is preferred in

practice.

(j) Part of a nail inside the wood undergoes corrosion

easily.

(k) Food cannot be stored in galvanized

containers.
2 Match the [8]
(a) following
Caustic 1 Aluminium (a) - Iron
embrittlement 2 Differential Aeration (b)- Silver
(b) Unstable oxide 3 Corrosion (c)- Molybdenum
layer 4 Stress Corrosion (d)- Zinc
(c) Volatile oxide layer 5 Silver (e)- Aluminium
(d) Non
(f) Sacrificial
porouscoating
oxide 6 Sodium (f)- Chromium
(e) layer
(g) Metal cladding
Season Cracking 7 Molybdenum (g)- Stress
(h) Waterline 8 Zinc
Chromium Corrosion
Corrosion (h)- Differential
9 Iron Aeration Corrosion