Materials Flashcards

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What is iron ore used for?

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2
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List 3 important iron ore types

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3
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Describe how iron ore is manufactured?

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4
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What are volatiles?

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5
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what is sinter?

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solid material which has been sintered

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6
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what is coke?

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7
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define the term flux?

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8
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with reference to iron blast furnaces what is meant by tuyeres?

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9
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what are the reactions which take place in a blast furnace?

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10
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with reference to iron production what is tapping?

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11
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Define the term pig iron?

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12
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what is strain - aging?

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13
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what is the principle difference between the open hearth and the Bessemer steels?

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14
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what are the typical nitrogen contents of bessemer steel and open hearth steel?

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15
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with reference to converting iron to steel describe the Bessemer process?

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16
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Describe the open hearth process?

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17
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what chemical is CO?

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carbon monoxide

18
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List 4 modern steel making processes

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19
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Describe the L.D. (Linz Donawitz) method of steel manufacture with the aid of a sketch?

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20
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Describe the Kaldo Steel manufacture process?

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21
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Describe the Rotor Steel manufacture process?

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22
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Describe the BOP (basic oxygen process for steel manufacture

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23
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Describe what is meant by the Acid and basic process used in open hearth, Bessemer, L.D and EAF steel and iron manufacturing?

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24
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describe the EAF (electric arc furnace)?

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25
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define the term metallurgy?

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26
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define amorphous carbon and pure carbon form?

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27
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Describe the metallurgy of iron and the effect of adding carbon to it?

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28
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Define the following types of steel

killed steel
semi killed steel
rimmed steel

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29
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How is a material chosen?

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30
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Define the term Alloy?

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31
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Give 4 examples of things that need to be considered at design stage by the engineer?

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32
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what does a hardness test determine?

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33
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what is transition temperature?

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34
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define Brittle fracture?

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Brittle fracture is the sudden or rapid fracture of a component under stress, but without undergoing any appreciable permanent deformation or ductility.

35
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what factors effect transition temperature?

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36
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define the term creep?

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37
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why is a creep test important?

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