Corrosion and its control in metallic systems

1. Rusting of iron is a typical example for

(a) chemical corrosion (b) electrochemical corrosion (c) physical reaction
2. Pitting factor of unity represents ____ corrosion.
(a) uniform
(b) galvanic (c) inter granular

(d) None of these

(d) fretting

3. Passivity in stainless steel is due to the formation of

(a) sulphide film
(b) carbide film
(c) Oxide film (d) chloride film
4. Iron pipe carrying water is more anodic to copper. This is due to
(a) concentration cell (b) Galvanic cell
(c) electrolytic cell

(d) Leclanche cell

5. The tip and morphology of the crack due to SCC phenomenon will be
(a) sharp and transgranular
(b) blunt and intergranular
(c) blunt and transgranular
(d) None of these
6. Which of the following metal can be used for cathodic protection of steel
(a) Al
(b) Cu
(c) Ag
(d) Au
7. in zinc aluminium galvanic couple, when exposed to acidic solutions
(a) zinc dissolves
(b) aluminium dissolves
(c) both dissolve

(d) none of these

8. The equation for uniform corrosion is given by

(a) mpy = 534/(DAT) (b) mpy = 584/(DAT) (c) mpy = (DAT) / 534 (d) mpy = (DAT) / 584
(where symbols represent usual notations)
9. Typical example for anodic metallic coating is
(a) Zn on Steel
b) Cu on Steel
(c) Au on steel

(d) all of these

10. Pourbaix diagram is a graphical plot of

(a) E Vs pH (b) E Vs Log i
(c) E Vs time (d) Current Vs Potential
11. The terminology used for uniform corrosion of nickel and nickel base alloys is
(a) tarnishing (b) fogging
(c) dulling
(d) none of these
12. Knife line attack in IGC refers to
(a) low temperature HAZ
(b) High temperature HAZ
13. Pilling Bedworth ratio is pertinent to
(a) internal oxidation (b) high temperature sulphidation
(d) high temperature oxidation

(c) weld zone (d) base metal

(c) catastrophic oxidation

14. When a non-metallic material forms a crevice on metallic surface it is known as

(a) pitting
(b) gasket
(c) uniform
(d) fretting
15. The sensitization caused in stainless steel for IGC to occur is _____ to corrosive medium
(a) the prerequisite before exposure (b) post treatment after exposure
(c) mere thermal cycle
without exposure
(d) none of these
16. The main cause for the IGC attack in SS is the formation of ____ at the grain boundary.
(a) chromium carbide precipitate
(b) titanium carbide (c) molybdenum carbide
(d) tungsten carbide
17. Experimental setup for stress corrosion cracking should involve ___ application of ultimate
tensile stress.
(a) 100%
(b) 0%
(c) less than 100%
(d) none of these
18. The formation of horse-shoe pit is one of the methods of recognizing the occurrence of ____
corrosion.
(a) pitting
(b) galvanic (c) erosion
(d) intergranular
19. The phenomenon of corrosion that occurs on rail roads is _____ .
(a) crevice
(b) corrosion fatigue (c) high temperature oxidation

(d) fretting

20. Catastrophic oxidation is exhibited by metals obeying ____ rate law kinetics.
(a) logarithmic (b) parabolic (c) linear
(d) cubic
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