ENGINEERING MATERIALS

1. Cold drawing is also called

Answer: hard drawn

2. The application of electrical current to the corrosion circuit to counter the corrosion reaction is called
Answer: cathodic protection

3. In greater quantity, this element is harmful to the molten ferrous metal.

Answer: Sulfur

4. It indicates how many times a volume of material is heavier than an equal volume of water.
Answer: Specific gravity

5. Nickel - Chromium - Molybdenum steel designation SAE _____.

Answer: 94xx

6. A good general purpose deoxidizer which promotes fine grain in steel.

Answer: Silicon

7. What is the SAE specification number of molybdenum?

Answer: SAE4xxx

8. Material may be stretched and still returns to its former form/condition upon release of force is called
Answer: elastic limit

9. A major component of cast steel is

Answer: Iron

10. What is the lightest known metal?

Answer: Aluminum

11. Alloy steel axle under repeated load / stress will eventually fail if the load / stress is above the
endurance for the steel under consideration. The endurance limit of the steel is
Answer: equal to half of the ultimate strength

12. It is hardening treatment whereby a cast metal is being heated to a very high temperature then
suddenly subjected to rapid cooling to improve hardenability of wear resistance is called
Answer: Quenching

13. Silicon - manganese steel designation, SAE _____.

Answer: 92xx

14. The material for engine radiation is usually made of______.

Answer: yellow brass

15. What is the SAE specification number of molybdenum - chromium - nickel?

Answer: 47xx

16. Continuous stretching under load even if the stress is less than the yields point is known as
Answer: Creep

17. Good stabilizer in stainless steel is

Answer: Columbium, Titanium, Tantalum

18. The characteristics of tool steel sustain shocks and major impacts is due to its
Answer: Toughness

19. A problem by-product used as an electrode in an electric arc furnace melting operation is called
Answer: graphite electrodes

20. Mirror finish has surfaces fitness of _____ rms

Answer: 1
21. Material having a high electrical resistance and should not be used as conductor of electrical current.
Answer: Iron

22. Chromium steel to include heat and corrosion resistant designation.

Answer: SAE514xx

23. The brittleness in steel at elevated temperature is known as

Answer: red shortness

24. The good deoxidizer in steel melting.

Answer: Aluminum, Manganese, Silicon

25. The property that characterizes a materials ability to be drawn into a wire is known as
Answer: Ductility

26. Killed steel is always associated with

Answer: Silicon

27. The flux that should be provided in soldering electrical connection or commutator wires as it tends to
corrode the connections.
Answer: Acid fluxes

28. Which of the following does not affect the tensile strength of steel?
Answer: Boron

29. Stress relieving is also _______ for the purpose of reducing the internal stress of steel material / metal.
Answer: Quenching

30. Non - metallic material of high melting temperature being used as furnace lining.
Answer: Refractories

31. Normally cast iron contains 2% carbon or more and silicon in the range of ____ %.
Answer: 1 to 3

32. Galvanized iron is term referring to iron coated with ________.

Answer: Zinc

33. It is the ability of the material to resist deformation under stress.

Answer: Stiffness

34. A metal, which has a high electrical conductivity but should not be used for high temperature.
Answer: Zinc

35. A carbon content in the range of _____ in steel readily responds to heat treatment.
Answer: 0.35 to 0.40 % C

36. It improves red hardness of steel.

Answer: Cobalt

37. Which of the following is not a structural class of steel?

Answer: Tool and die

38. Treatment process that produces a residual compressive stress at the surface and residual tension on
the inside that results in considerable increase in fatigue strength for members on torsion / bending is
known as
Answer: shallow quenching

39. Steel containing large amounts of mild nickel and chromium.

Answer: Stainless steel

40. What is the difference between brass and bronze?

Answer: Brass is composed of copper and zinc while bronze is composed of copper and tin
41. All are associated with the grade of steel except
Answer: SAE74xx

42. Most effective alloying element for reducing brittleness of steel at very low temperature.
Answer: Nickel

43. Commonly utilized/cheapest shaft material available in the market with carbon content of 0.28 to .034?
Answer: SAE1030

44. An alloy that improves strength of steel at high temperature application.

Answer: Chromium, Molybdenum, Tungsten

45. It has molybdenum alloy except ______.

Answer: SAE 5xxx

46. Alloy steel known for its resistance to corrosion, abrasion and wear that is usually ideal for mill grinding
of ore in cement and concentrator application. It is usually combined with molybdenum to increase the
depth hardening.
Answer: Chromium - moly steel

47. A material that should be avoided in constructing wood pattern is ____.

Answer: sap wood

48. Heating of metal above the critical temperature and then cooling slowly usually in the furnace to reduce
the hardness and improve the machinability is called
Answer: Annealing

49. The yield strength of a rectangular yellow brass 65 to 70% Cu, 30 to 35% Zn can be
increased/improved by___.
Answer: cold working

50. A furnace used in melting non - ferrous metals is called

Answer: crucible furnace

51. Normal stress relieving temperature for cast steel is

Answer: 450 to 550 °F

52. SAE steel that responds to heat treatment.

Answer: SAE 1117

53. What is the property of a material, which resists forces acting to pull the material apart?
Answer: Tensile strength

54. The ability of a metal to be deformed considerably without rupture is called

Answer: Plasticity

55. Cold working of steel plates make the metal

Answer: Harder

56. Cast alloy steel for very high temperature application.

Answer: Chrome - nickel steel casting

57. All are associated with standard material specified except________.

Answer: Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute

58. For a high corrosion resistant stainless steel what minimum chromium content is required?
Answer: 8%

59. Used as cast condition steel casting with carbon content less than ____ % C.
Answer: 0.20

60. It refers to any layer or deposit of extraneous material on the heat - transfer surface.
Answer: Fouling
61. Metals are conductive because
Answer: the electrons are loosely bound to the nuclei and therefore mobile

62. The property that characterizes the material's ability to be drawn into a wire called
Answer: Ductility

63. What heat treatment process can cast steel materials of high chrome high manganese etc. be
subjected for the purpose of machining process?
Answer: Annealing

64. A form of correction that develop on a highly localized area on a metal surfaces.
Answer: Spitting

65. A liquid metal is called ______.

Answer: Mercury

66. Major component of bronze casting is

Answer: Copper

67. The gradual chemical reaction by other substance such that the metal is converted to an oxide or other
compounds.
Answer: Corrosion

68. Metal that assists lubrication or lubricant in itself.

Answer: Babbitt

69. The temperature above which the alloy is liquid and will run is known as
Answer: melting point

70. A furnace used in melting ferrous metals.

Answer: Induction furnace

71. Liners are normally made of

Answer: cast iron

72. The deterioration of organic coating characterized as completely _____.

Answer: Chalking

73. Ordinary steel begins to lose strength and elasticity significantly of about what temperature.
Answer: 600-700 °F

74. The smallest area at the point of rupture of a tensile specimen divided by the original area is called
Answer: percentage reduction of the area

75. Which of the following metals is non-magnetic?

Answer: Manganese steel

76. Any material that retard the flow of electricity, used to prevent or escape of electric current from
conductors.
Answer: Insulators

77. Which of the following is not a classification of iron ore?

Answer: Sulfurite

78. An alloy of copper and zinc.

Bronze

79. Ferrous metals contain a relatively large amount of ______.

Answer: Carbon

80. Which of the following metal is easy to chisel?

Answer: Manganese steel
81. The principal material used in high production metal working tools.
Answer: High speed steel

82. The common deoxidizer and cleanser of steel forming oxides and sulfates that are carried off in the
slag.
Answer: Manganese

83. A metallic element of copper - tin alloy.

Answer: Brass

84. An iron in which most of the carbon is chemically combined with the iron is called
Answer: white iron

85. A highly transparent and exceedingly hard crystalline stone of almost pure carbon is called
Answer: Diamond

86. They are usually steel or steel casting.

Answer: Carbon steel

87. Which of the following metals will respond to heat treatment?

Answer: Medium carbon steel

88. Stainless steel is obtained principally by the use of which of the alloying elements?
Answer: Chromium

89. The property of steel, which resist indention or penetration, is called

Answer: Hardness

90. The process of heating a piece of steel to a temperature within or above critical range and cooling
rapidly.
Answer: Hardening

91. A material that can wear away a substance softer than itself is called
Answer: Abrasive

92. An amorphous solid made by fusing silica with a basic oxide.

Answer: Glass

93. An alloy of tin, copper, antimony, or sometimes lead.

Answer: Babbitt

94. Which of the following is not a kind of cast iron?

Answer: Lead iron

95. A soft yellow metal, known since ancient times as a precious metal which all materials values are
based.
Answer: Gold

96. Material, usually ceramics employed where resistance to very high temperature is required, as for
furnace linings and metal melting pots is called
Answer: refractories

97. The corrosion of iron or iron - base alloys.

Answer: Rusting

98. A fine grained salty silica rock used for sharpening edge tools.
Answer: Oilstone

99. The material used in high speed processes.

Answer: High speed steel

100. An iron has physical properties closely resembling those of mild steel called
Answer: malleable cast iron
101. The cheapest and most abundant engineering material is _______.
Answer: cast iron

102. Substances having sufficient carbon and / or hydrogen for chemical oxidation to produce
exothermally, worthwhile quantities of heat.
Answer: Fuels

103. An alloy of copper, tin and small amount of phosphorous.

Answer: Bronze

104. Subjecting a substance to a high temperature below the fusion point usually to make it friable.
Answer: Calcination

105. The softening of metal by heat treatment and most commonly consist of heating the metal up to near
molten state and then cooling it very slowly.
Answer: Annealing

106. A corrosion occurs within or adjacent to a crevice formed by contact with another piece of the same
or another metal is called____.
Answer: Galvanic

107. Which of the following is not used to temper steel?

Answer: Steam bath

108. Hardening the surface of iron - based alloys by heating then below the melting point in contact with
a carbonaceous substance.
Answer: Carburizing