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Question 1 of 10
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Mild steel can be converted into high carbon steel by using which of the following
process?

 A. None of the mentioned

 B. Case hardening

 C. Annealing

 D. Normalizing

Answer Key: B

Question 2 of 10
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Slowest cooling will be obtained in

 A. Air

 B. Furnace

 C. Water

 D. Brine

Answer Key: B

Question 3 of 10
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Quenching

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 A. Consists of heating the component to critical temperature

 B. Cooling rapidly

 C. Increases hardness

 D. All of the mentioned

Answer Key: D

Question 4 of 10
1.0 Points
Not an important heat treatment process parameter

 A. Temperature

 B. Cooling rate

 C. Atmosphere

 D. Heating rate

Answer Key: D

Question 5 of 10
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TTT diagrams stand for

 A. Transformation time and temperature

 B. Temperature, transformation and time

 C. Time, temperature and transformation

 D. Temperature, time and transformation

Answer Key: D

Question 6 of 10
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Fastest cooling will be obtained by cooling in

 A. Air

 B. Water

 C. Brine

 D. Furnace
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Answer Key: C

Question 7 of 10
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Super-cooling applies to transformations in iron carbon diagrams and super-cooling
takes place when

 A. Transformations take place at temperatures below the predicted by the

phase diagram

 B. Transformations take place at temperatures equal and above the predicted

by the phase diagram

 C. Transformations take place at temperatures above the predicted by the

phase diagram

 D. Transformations take place at temperatures equal to the predicted by the

phase diagram

Answer Key: A

Question 8 of 10
1.0 Points
% C in medium carbon steels ranges from _____________.

 A. 0.3 – 0.4

 B. 0.3 – 0.5

 C. 0.3 – 0.6

 D. 0.3-0.7

Answer Key: C

Question 9 of 10
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At low temperatures, transformations are

 A. Fast

 B. Slow

 C. Neither fast nor slow

 D. Extremely slow

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Answer Key: A

Question 10 of 10
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Nucleation that takes place at the grain boundaries are known as___________

 A. Mixed nucleation

 B. Heterogeneous nucleation

 C. Partial nucleation

 D. Homogeneous nucleation

Answer Key: B

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