Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
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Author: Serope Kalpakjian, Steven Schmid
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 5, Problem 49SDP
Aluminum is being used as a substitute material for steel in automobiles. Describe your concerns, if any, in purchasing an aluminum automobile.
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Chapter 5 Solutions
Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
Ch. 5 - What are the major categories of ferrous alloys?Ch. 5 - Prob. 2RQCh. 5 - List the basic raw materials used in making iron...Ch. 5 - List the types of furnaces commonly used in...Ch. 5 - List and explain the characteristics of the types...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6RQCh. 5 - What is continuous casting? What advantages does...Ch. 5 - What is the role of a tundish in continuous...Ch. 5 - Prob. 9RQCh. 5 - What are trace elements?
Ch. 5 - What are the percentage carbon contents of...Ch. 5 - Prob. 12RQCh. 5 - Prob. 13RQCh. 5 - Prob. 14RQCh. 5 - Prob. 15RQCh. 5 - What is high-speed steel?Ch. 5 - Prob. 17RQCh. 5 - Prob. 18RQCh. 5 - Prob. 19RQCh. 5 - What effect does carbon content have on mechanical...Ch. 5 - Identify several different products that are made...Ch. 5 - Professional cooks generally- prefer carbon-steel...Ch. 5 - Prob. 23QLPCh. 5 - Explain why continuous casting has been such an...Ch. 5 - Describe applications in which you would not want...Ch. 5 - Explain what would happen if the speed of the...Ch. 5 - The cost of mill products of metals increases with...Ch. 5 - Describe your observations regarding the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 29QLPCh. 5 - Prob. 30QLPCh. 5 - In Table 5.9, D2 steel is listed as a more common...Ch. 5 - List the common impurities in steel. Which of...Ch. 5 - Explain the purpose of the oil shown at the top...Ch. 5 - Recent research has identified mold-surface...Ch. 5 - Prob. 35QLPCh. 5 - List and explain the advantages and disadvantages...Ch. 5 - Conduct an Internet search and determine the...Ch. 5 - Refer to the available literature, and estimate...Ch. 5 - Some soft drinks are now available in steel cans...Ch. 5 - Using strength and density data, determine the...Ch. 5 - The endurance limit (fatigue life) of steel is...Ch. 5 - Using the data given in Table 5.4, obtain the...Ch. 5 - Based on the information given in Section 5.5.1,...Ch. 5 - Assume that you are in charge of public relations...Ch. 5 - Assume that you are in competition with the steel...Ch. 5 - In the past, waterfowl hunters used lead shot in...Ch. 5 - Aluminum is being used as a substitute material...Ch. 5 - In the 1940s (the Second World War), the Yamato...Ch. 5 - Search the technical literature, and add more...Ch. 5 - Referring to Fig. 5.4a, note that the mold has...
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