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12. The process of heat transfer during the reentry of satellites and missiles, at
very high speeds, into earth’s atmosphere is known as
(a) ablation
(b) radiation
(c) viscous dissipation
(d) irradiation
Ans: a
13. Which of the following has the highest value of thermal conductivity ?
(a) Water
(b) Steam
(c) Solid ice
(d) Melting ice
Ans: c
14. Induction heating process is based on which of the following principles ?
(a) Thermal ion release principle
(b) Nucleate heating principle
(c) Resistance heating principle
(d) Electro-magnetic induction princi¬ple
Ans: d
15. Which of the following insulating materials was suitable for low temperature
applications ?
(a) Asbestos paper
(b) Diatomaceous earth
(c) 80 percent magnesia
(d) Cork
Ans: b
18. Which of the following will happen if the thickness of refractory wall of
furnace is increased ?
(a) Heat loss through furnace wall will increase
(b) Temperature inside the furnace will fall
(c) Temperature on the outer surface of furnace walls will drop
(d) Energy consumption will increase
Ans: c
19. The material of the heating element for a furnace should have
(a) lower melting point
(b) higher temperature coefficient
(c) high specific resistance
(d) all of the above
Ans: c
20. In a resistance furnace the atmosphere is
(a) oxidising
(b) deoxidising
(c) reducing
(d) neutral
Ans: a
21. By which of the following methods the temperature inside arc nace can be
varied ?
(a) By disconnecting some of the heating elements
(b) By varying the operating voltage
(c) By varying the current through heating elements
(d) By any of the above method
Ans: d
23. By the use of which of the following, high frequency power supply for
induction furnaces can be obtained ?
(a) Coreless transformers
(b) Current transformers
(c) Motor-generator set
(d) Multi-phase transformer
Ans: c
32. Due to which of the following reasons it is desirable to have short arc length ?
(a) To achieve better heating
(b) To increase the life of roof refractory
(c) To have better stirring action
(d) To reduce problem of oxidation
(e) All of the above
Ans: e
33. In the indirect resistance heating method, maximum heat-transfer takes
place by
(a) radiation
(b) convection
(c) conduction
(d) any of the above
Ans: a
46. For radiant heating around 2250°C, the heating elements are made of
(a) copper alloy
(b) carbon
(c) tungsten alloy
(d) stainless steel alloy
Ans: c
49. Direct arc furnaces have which of the following power factors ?
(a) Unity
(b) Low, lagging
(c) Low, leading
(d) Any of the above
Ans: b
50. In direct arc furnace, which of the following has high value ?
(a) Current
(b) Voltage
(c) Power factor
(d) All of the above
Ans: a