Manufacturing Processes: Ferrous Materials Introduction
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Manufacturing Processes: Ferrous Materials Introduction

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Ferrous materials contain iron as their main constituent.

True

Nonferrous materials contain iron in appreciable quantity.

False

Ferrous materials can be significantly altered by heat treatment processes or by addition of small quantities of alloying elements.

True

Pure iron is relatively hard and strong.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Carbon rarely exceeds 2% in steel in actual practice.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The presence of cementite in steel makes it weaker and softer than pure iron.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Plain carbon steel is the only type of steel with carbon as the alloying element.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

High percentages of sulphur and phosphorus in steel have no detrimental effect on its properties.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mild steel is extensively used for structural work and retains very good weldability up to 0.25% carbon percentage.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Medium carbon steel has better weldability than mild steel and is used for making wire ropes.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Metal forming processes are also known as chemical working processes.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Metal forming is possible for metals or alloys that are not malleable and ductile.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hot working metal forming processes result in better shape, size, and surface finish compared to cold working processes.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Plain carbon steel is the only type of steel that does not contain any alloying element.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mild steel loses its weldability when the carbon percentage exceeds 0.25%.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mechanical working improves the ductility of a material.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Grain flow lines improve the strength against fracture in mechanically worked parts.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cold working occurs at a temperature above the recrystallisation temperature for the metal or alloy.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hot working involves plastic deformation of metals at a temperature where recovery and recrystallisation take place simultaneously with strain hardening.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The recrystallisation temperature for pure metals is roughly half of its melting point.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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