Ferrous Metals Quiz

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Ferrous Metals Mastery Quiz

Test your knowledge of ferrous metals with our comprehensive quiz designed for aerospace enthusiasts and professionals. This quiz covers a wide range of topics, from aluminum heat treatments to alloy compositions, ensuring a thorough understanding of the material.

Challenge yourself and discover:

  • Key concepts in aluminum and magnesium alloys
  • Properties and applications of non-ferrous metals
  • Basic heat treatment processes for metals
41 Questions10 MinutesCreated by CraftingSteel402
After working aluminum, it's possible to restore the crystalline structure and remove some of the hardness by heating. This process is called:
Normalizing
Precipitation heat treatment
Partial Annealing
Solution Treatment
Soak time is length of time that the metal is held at the quenching temperature for full crystallization.
True
False
A heat treatment process aluminum is heated to a high temperature held at that temperature for a prescribed time and then quenched. This process is called:
Solution heat treatment
Precipitation heat treatment
Normalizing
Annealing
A process that heats aluminum to a temperature of 350 F holds that temperature for a long time and then slowly cools to room temperature is called:
Solution heat treatment
Re-solution heat treatment
Natural aging
Precipitation heat treatment
To increase desirable properties, Titanium can be alloyed with:
Carbon and Nickel
Nickel and Chromium
Vanadium and Strontium
Aluminum and Vanadium
Alcad is a metal consisting of ___________
A homogenous mixture of pure aluminum and aluminum alloy
Pure aluminum surface layers on an aluminum alloy core
Aluminum alloy surface layers and a pure aluminum core
None of the above
The aluminum code 1100 identifies what type of aluminum?
Aircraft grade aluminum
99% commercially pure aluminum
Aluminum alloy containing 11% copper
Aluminum alloy containing zinc
In the four-digit aluminum index system #2024, the first digit indicates __________
The base metal
The percent of alloying metal added
The number of different major alloying elements used in the metal
The major alloying element
Clad aluminum alloys are used in aircraft because they ___________
Are less subject to corrosion than uncoated aluminum alloys
Can be heat treated much easier than the other forms of aluminum.
They are easier to paint
Are stronger than unclad aluminum alloys.
The primary alloying agent of 2024-T36 is indicated by the number ___
17
20
2
36
Drawing, rolling, stretching and hammering are:
Heat treatment processes
Never performed on wrought aluminum
Strain hardening processes
Case hardening processes
When riveting magnesium alloy sheet, the correct type of rivet is _______
2024
5056
7075
3003
The greatest advantage of magnesium alloy is its strength to weight ratio. A disadvantage is that it is extremely susceptible to corrosion.
Both statements are correct
The first statement is correct, the next one is incorrect
Both statements are incorrect
The first statement in incorrect, the next one correct.
What is the main characteristic of Kevlar that makes it useful on aircraft?
Has great impact resistance
It can be molded and shaped many times without damaging the material.
It's laminated with aluminum for increased strength
It can withstand high temperatures
To convert glass fibers into a useful material, it is impregnated with ______
Polyester resins
Cellulose resin
Acrylic resin
Styrene monomer
A plastic that can be reformed at an elevated temperature is called:
Fibreglass
Thermoset
Thermoplastic
Composite
Brass is an alloy of copper and tin. Bronze is an alloy of copper and zinc
The first statement is incorrect, the second one is correct
Both statements are incorrect
Both statements are correct
The first statement is correct, the second one is incorrect.
Monel is an alloy made principally from:
Iron and copper
Nickel and brass
Iron and nickel
Nickel and copper
What is the most common aluminum alloy used in aircraft construction?
2330
2117
4130
2024
Aluminum alloys are identified using:
The Alcad system
The AISI system
The SAE system
Aluminum association system (AA)
The two broad categories of manufacturing aluminum products used in aircraft construction are:
Wrought and cast
Extruded and wrought
Heat-treatable and non-heat treatable
Wrought and forged
What is the most important non-ferrous metal used in aircraft?
Copper
Aluminum
Chromium
Chromium Vanadium
What is added to aluminum to make 1024?
Copper
Silicon
Manganese
Pure Aluminum
5040 is an example of a material mixed with aluminum and ________.
Silicon
Magnesium
Manganese
Zinc
6020 is an example of a material mixed with aluminum and ________.
Magnesium
Silicon
Magnesium Silicon
Manganese
3XXX is an example of a material mixed with aluminum and ________.
Manganese
Magnesium
Zinc
Copper
7XXX is an example of a material mixed with aluminum and ________.
Copper
Silicon
Zinc
Aluminum
2XXX is an example of a material mixed with aluminum and ________.
Silicon
Manganese
Copper
Magnesium
4XXX is an example of a material mixed with aluminum and ________.
Magnesium Silicon
Manganese
Copper
Silicon
What are the three basic steps in order, involved in the following: Solution heat treating?
What are the three basic steps in order, involved in the following: Partial Annealing?
What are the three basic steps in order, involved in the following: Precipitation Heat Treating?
"O" indicates ________.
Fabricated
Strain hard
Annealed
Natural Age
"T" indicates ________.
Temper
T6 plus stretching
Strain hard
Solution heat & Artificial Age
What metals are combined to make brass, and what properties does it have?
Copper and Aluminum; Brittle, Corrosion Resistance
Copper and Zinc; Ductile, Corrosion Resistance
Copper and Zinc; Ductile, High Heat Characteristics
Copper and Sn (Tin); Ductile, Corrosion Resistance
What metals are combined to make bronze, and what properties does it have?
Copper and Sn (Tin); Ductile, Corrosion Resistance
Nickel and Copper; High Heat Characteristics
Nickel, Chromium, and Fe (Iron); Heat characteristics
Copper and Zinc; Ductile, Corrosion Resistance
What metals are combined to make inconel, and what properties does it have?
Nickel and Copper; High Heat Characteristics
Nickel, Chromium, and Fe (Iron); Heat characteristics
Nickel and Copper; Ductile, Corrosion Resistance
Copper and Zinc; Ductile, Corrosion Resistance
What metals are combined to make monel, and what properties does it have?
Nickel and Copper; High Heat Characteristics
Copper and Zinc; Ductile, Corrosion
Nickel and Copper; Ductile, Corrosion Resistance
Nickel, Chromium, and Fe (Iron); Heat characteristics
What indicates that the aluminum alloy has been heat treated and cold worked?
T6
T3
H3
H22
In the following, who's the cutest?
Justin
Rotsen
Bryan
Cliff
Clyde
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