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what is a ferrous metal?

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an alloy that has iron as its main ingredient

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what are the properties of iron in the pure state?

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It is ductile, soft and can be easily formed.

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What is a disadvantage of iron?

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It is heavy

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When iron reacts with oxygen, what is it more commonly known as?

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Iron oxide (rust)

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How is pig/cast iron made?

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the iron ingot is mixed with limewater and coke and passed through hot air to produce carbon monoxide which absorbs oxygen. The limestone forms a slag which floats and is removed.

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What properties does pig/cast iron have?

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It is brittle.

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What is the weight to strength ratio of pig/cast iron?

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It has a low strength to rate ratio.

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How is steel created?

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The pig/cast iron is reheated and pure oxygen is passed through it. Then a controlled amount of carbon is then forced through it.

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What are the properties of steel?

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High density and susceptible to corrosion.

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What are the 7 types of strength?

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Fatigue
Torsional
Tensional
Shear
Flexural
Compressive
Impact

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What is Fatigue strength?

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The ability of a material to withstand repeated loading

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What is compressive strength?

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A materials ability to withstand squeezing or pressing

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What is Torsional strength?

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A materials ability to withstand twisting

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What is impact strength?

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A materials ability to withstand sudden forces and shock.

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What is flexural strength?

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A materials ability to withstand bending

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What is shear strength?

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A materials ability to withstand coplanar stress over a cross section

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What is tensile strength?

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A materials ability to withstand tensional stress.

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What is hardness?

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To resist tearing, penetration or abrasion

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What is malleability?

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To be bent without damage (cracking)

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What is ductility?

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To be drawn into a thin wire

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What is brittleness?

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To crack when stress is applied

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What is toughness?

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To resist tearing

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what is conductivity?

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the property that enables a metal to carry heat or electricity

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what is fusibility?

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ability of metal to be joined by heating and melting

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what is density?
mass per unit volume
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What does carbon allow steel to be?
Heat treated
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What is the benefit of heat treatment?
To increase hardness and strength
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What are the disadvantages of adding carbon?
It makes steel more brittle and also decreases its weldability.
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What percentage is low carbon?
0.1%-0.3%
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What percentage is medium carbon?
0.3%-0.5%
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What percentage is high percentage carbon?
0.5%-1.05%
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What does Sulphur cause steel to be?
Brittle
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What does silicon cause steel to be?
Hard and ductile
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What does phosphorous cause steel to be?
increases yield strength and corrosion resistance in regards to the atmosphere.
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What does nickel cause steel to be?
increases yield strength, hardness and overall strength
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What does chromium cause steel to be?
Adds strength, hardness and corrosion resistance
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What does molybdenum cause steel to be?
Reduces grain size and increases elastic and impact limits. Extremely wear resistant and has great impact strength
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What does Vanadium cause steel to be when combined with Chromium?
Ductile, hard, strong, tough
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What is another name of stainless steel?
CRES
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What are the three groups Stainless steel are divided into?
Ferritic Austenitic Martensitic
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What series are austenitic?
200 and 300 series
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Austenitic stainless steel are non magnetic, but when are they magnetic?
When they are cold worked
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What series are ferritic metals part of?
400 series
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What properties do ferritic metals have?
Ductile, malleable and can be easily welded. Non magnetic
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Are ferritic metals magnetic?
no
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What are martensitic stainless steels relative to?
the 400 series
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What are martensitic stainless steels properties?
magnetic, corrosion resistant
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What is quenching?
Rapidly cool a material after heating it
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What is annealing?
Softening the iron to relieve internal stresses
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What is normalizing?
Heating a material above its critical limit and then heat soaking it at that temperatures. Then you allow it to cool naturally.
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What does normalizing relieve?
Internal stresses. (As the carbon is allowed to precipitate out)
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What is tempering used to do?
Soften the steel for use.
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What does tempering relieve caused by quenching?
Internal stresses.
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What can you use to accurately measure temperature when tempering?
Pyrometer or Thermocouple oven
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What is a less accurate way of measuring the temperature when tempering?
Observing the colour
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Observing the colour
Cooler
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Does blue mean it is hotter or cooler?
hotter
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What is case hardening?
When a material is hard on the outside but tough on the inside
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What are the two types of direct hardening?
Flame and induction hardening.
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In flame hardening, the steel is made of a uniform or different composition throughout?
Uniform
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How do you carry out flame hardening?
You heat the steel with an oxy. torch and then quench it with a jet of water.
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In induction hardening, the whole circumferance of the steel is heated simultaneously by what?
Induction coil.
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As soon as the steel has reached necessary temperature in induction hardening, what happens?
The current is switched off and immedietaly quenched by jets of water.
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Whats the last two digits represent?
The carbon content
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What is iron alloyed with to create steel?
Carbon
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Pure iron is known as what?
Ferrite
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What carbon percentage does ferrite absorb?
0.2%
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What cubic structure does ferrite have?
Body centred cubic lattice
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What cubic structure does austenite have?
Face centred cubic lattice
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What percentage does Austenite absorb?
2%
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What are the properties of cementine?
Hard
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What number is the carbon content of cementite lower than?
2%
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What are the properties of pearlite?
Two phased lamella structure
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What percentage does pearlite absorb?
0.8%
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Steel is hardened by raising or lowering it below its critical temperature?
Raising
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Is Austenite heated above or below its critical temperature?
Above
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Is ferrite heated above or below its critical temperature?
Below
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Is martensite heated above or below its critical temperature? And what action do you take when it's accomplished
Above and is quenched quickly
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What is quenching?
Rapidly cooling a material after heating
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What does annealing do?
Relieve internal stresses and softens the steel
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Does annealing need to be heated above or below its critical temperature?
Above and heat soaked
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Is normalising heated above or below its critical temperature?
Above

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