Materials and Construction - Section 1 (6)

The melleability of a material is the property by virtue of which it can be rolled or hammered into thin sheets. Which of the following materials has the miximum malleability ?

The addition of antimony in tin-based alloys improves its

Softness of silver can be converted into hardness by alloying it with small quantity of

Hammers and railway rails are normally made of

Ceramic recuperators are generally made of

The purpose of nitriding the steel is to

Shock resisting steels should possess high

Which of the following is universally employed as the low expansion metal in the bimetallic thermometer, which is an iron-nickel alloy containing 36% nickel and has very low co-efficient of expansion (l/20th of ordinary metals) ?