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Building & Construction Practice Test: Ferrous Metals
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Ferrous metals are known for their durability and tensile strength. They are often used in construction, including buildings, bridges, and trains.  Here are some examples of ferrous metals: Carbon steel Has a higher carbon content than other types of steel, making it very hard. Alloy steel Has greater strength and durability than carbon steel, and can achieve a given strength with less material weight. Gray iron Consists of graphite flakes in a metallic matrix. It's one of the most commonly used ferrous alloys because of its low cost of production and attractive properties. White... Show more
Building & Construction Practice Test: Ferrous Metals
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1. Commonly used fluxing material used in the process of smelting is ___________
2. Which metal is used in the galvanisation of iron in order to prevent it from rusting?
3. In which type of casting, molten metal is poured into moulds which keep on rotating?
4. Which of the following is not a variety of pig iron?
5. Dust of pure _________ is used to cover the article to be treated for corrosion in the method of sherardising.
6. Aston’s process is used to manufacture _________
7. Which of the following is the black oxide of iron?
8. The material obtained at the end of the shingling process is called as ________
9. Pyrite is an oxide of iron.
10. The process of puddling is carried out in a ________
11. Which of the following is the red oxide of iron?
12. Remelting of pig iron with limestone and coke to manufacture cast iron is carried out in a ____________
13. Which chemical is used in the method of parkerizing, adopted to prevent corrosion?
14. Which of the following statements is not true about white cast iron?
15. Which of the following is the lowest part of the blast furnace?
16. Which of the following is not a property pf wrought iron?
17. Which of the following statements about low shaft blast furnace is not true?
18. Smelting is carried out in a ___________
19. Which of the following statements about electric reduction furnace is not true?
20. The process of converting pig iron into wrought iron by stirring in the molten state is called as _________
21. Which variety of cast iron is obtained by melting cast iron with wrought iron scrap?
22. Latin word for iron is ________
23. The crude impure iron extracted from the ores of iron is called as __________
24. Corrosion of ferrous metals is known as ___________
25. Small amounts of _____________ and __________ improve the quality of Bessemer pig.

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