Description : Superior quality laboratory apparatus is made of the __________ glass having low thermal co-efficient of expansion & high chemical resistance. (A) Flint (B) Soda (C) Pyrex (D) Potash
Last Answer : (C) Pyrex
Description : Which of the following is resistant to the action of both heat & chemicals? (A) Borosilicate glass (B) Silica glass (C) Soda lime glass (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Borosilicate glass
Description : Sudden temperature fluctuation does not affect pyrex glass, because of its (A) Low co-efficient of expansion (B) High co-efficient of expansion (C) High melting point (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (A) Low co-efficient of expansion
Description : Co-efficient of thermal expansion of glass is decreased by the addition of __________ during its manufacture. (A) CaO (B) MnO2 (C) ZnO (D) FeS
Last Answer : (C) ZnO
Description : Concrete containing (A) Siliceous aggregates, has higher co-efficient of expansion (B) Igneous aggregates, has intermediate coefficient of expansion (C) Lime stones, has lowest co-efficient of expansion (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The major constituents of glass are (A) Lime, clay and soda ash (B) Sand, lime and soda ash (C) Silica, alumina and clay (D) Silica, alumina and soda ash
Last Answer : (B) Sand, lime and soda ash
Description : Commonly used glass is known as the __________ glass. (A) Flint (B) Hard (C) Pyrex (D) Soda
Last Answer : (D) Soda
Description : __________ glass is used for the manufacture of optical glass. (A) Pyrex (B) Soda (C) Flint (D) Crooke's
Last Answer : (C) Flint
Description : Which variety of glass is heat resistant? (1) Hard glass (2) Flint glass (3) Pyrex glass (4) Bottle glas
Last Answer : (3) Pyrex glass Explanation: Older clear-glass Pyrex manufactured by Corning, Arc International's Pyrex products, and Pyrex laboratory glassware are made of borosilicate glass.
Description : Which variety of glass is heat resistant? A. Bottle glass B. Flint glass C. Hard glass D. Pyrex glass (Answer)
Last Answer : D. Pyrex glass (Answer)
Description : Heat resistant variety of glass is— (1) Pyrex glass (2) Hard glass (3) Flint glass (4) None of these
Last Answer : Flint glass
Description : Type of glass used in optical work is the __________ glass. (A) Soda-lime (B) Fibre (C) Lead (D) Borosilicate
Last Answer : (C) Lead
Description : Laboratory glass wares which reacts with hydrofluoric acid, are made of the __________ glass. (A) Lead (B) Borosilicate (C) Soda lime (D) Alkali silicate
Last Answer : (B) Borosilicate
Description : (1/V) (∂V/∂T)Pis the mathematical expression (A) Joule-Thomson co-efficient (B) Specific heat at constant pressure (Cp) (C) co-efficient of thermal expansion (D) Specific heat at constant volume (CV)
Last Answer : (C) co-efficient of thermal expansion
Description : The expression, nCv(T2- T1), is for the __________ of an ideal gas. (A) Work done under adiabatic condition (B) Co-efficient of thermal expansion (C) Compressibility (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Work done under adiabatic condition
Description : Major component of flint glass is (A) Lead oxide (B) Silica (C) Alumina (D) Soda
Last Answer : (A) Lead oxide
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) High early strength cement are made from materials having high silica to lime ratio (B) The function of gypsum in cement is to enhance its initial ... cements are known as silicate cement (D) Major component of greyish Portland cement is tricalcium silicate
Last Answer : (A) High early strength cement are made from materials having high silica to lime ratio
Description : A steel alloy containing 36% nickel is called __________, which has a zero co-efficient of expansion. (A) Austenitic stainless steel (B) Heat resisting steel (C) Invar (D) High speed steel
Last Answer : (C) Invar
Description : Brass tubes are used in the manufacture of tubes of evaporators used in sugar and salt industries, mainly because of its (A) High co-efficient of thermal expansion (B) Low thermal conductivity (C) High corrosion resistance (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (C) High corrosion resistance
Description : Which of the following is an undesirable property of a manometricliquid? (A) Non-sticky & non-corrosive nature (B) High vapour pressure (C) Low viscosity & surface tension (D) Low co-efficient of thermal expansion
Last Answer : (B) High vapour pressure
Description : Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the properties of glasses. Glasses generally have (A) High electrical insulation properties (B) Sharp melting points (C) Low co-efficient of thermal expansion (D) Compressive strength much greater than their tensile strengths
Last Answer : (B) Sharp melting points
Description : Which one of the following types of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays? (1) Soda glass (2) Pyrex glass (3) Jena glass (4) Crookes glass
Last Answer : (4) Crookes glass Explanation: In this glass mainly cerium oxide (CiO2) is present which sharply absorbs the ultraviolet rays from the sunlight so utilized in making lenses of eye glasses.
Description : The expression, nRT ln(P1/P2), is for the __________of an ideal gas. (A) Compressibility (B) Work done under adiabatic condition (C) Work done under isothermal condition (D) Co-efficient of thermal expansion
Last Answer : C) Work done under isothermal condition
Description : Steel rods are normally used for concrete reinforcement because concrete and steel have almost equal (A) Tensile strength (B) Compressive strength (C) Young's modulus (D) Thermal co-efficient of expansion
Last Answer : (D) Thermal co-efficient of expansion
Description : __________ glass is used in the mercury in glass thermometer meant for measuring a temperature of 500°C. (A) Borosilicate (B) High silica (C) Supermax (D) Lead
Last Answer : (C) Supermax
Description : The main component of Pyrex glass is (A) Zinc (B) Lead (C) Boron (D) Selenium
Last Answer : (B) Lead
Description : A coal with high ash content is undesirable, as (A) It is abrasive to the coal pulveriser (i.e. ball mill) and the combustion chamber (B) The ash in molten condition gets absorbed in the pores of the ... and stick to the boiler tubes thereby reducing the heat transfer (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Common house hold glass (i.e., soda-lime glass) is a/an __________ material. (A) Fully crystalline (B) Partly crystalline (C) Amorphous
Last Answer : (B) Partly crystalline
Description : The type of high refractive index glass used in optical instruments is __________ glass. (A) Pyrex (B) Flint (C) Crookes (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Flint
Description : Duriron is (A) Acid resistant, brittle and very hard (B) High silicon iron (C) Prone to breakage due to thermal expansion because of its very high coefficient of thermal expansion (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Which of the following is not a raw material used for the manufacture of ordinary glass? (A) Iron oxide (B) Soda ash (C) Limestone (D) Silica
Last Answer : (A) Iron oxide
Description : Which of the following is responsible for the extra strength of pyrex glass? (1) Potassium Carbonate (2) Lead Oxide (3) Borax (4) Ferric Oxide
Last Answer : (3) Borax Explanation: Older clear-glass Pyrex manufactured by Corning before 1998, Arc International's Pyrex products, and Pyrex laboratory glassware is made of borosilicate glass. According ... glass cookware manufactured by World Kitchen is made of tempered sodalime glass instead of borosilicate.
Description : Which of the following is responsible for the extra strength of pyrex glass ? (1) Potassium Carbonate (2) Lead Oxide (3) Borax (4) Ferric Oxide
Last Answer : Borax
Description : Heat transfer by natural convection is enhanced in system with (A) High viscosity (B) High co-efficient of thermal expansio
Last Answer : (B) High co-efficient of thermal expansion
Description : Electric bulbs are made of __________ glass. (A) Jena (B) Flint (C) Crookes (D) Pyrex
Description : Basic oxide is absent in __________ glass. (A) Flint (B) Pyrex (C) Quartz (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (C) Quartz
Description : Metallic surveying tapes are made of __________ which has a low co efficient of expansion & enough strength. (A) Invar (B) Hastelloy (C) Duralumin (D) Monel metal
Last Answer : (A) Invar
Description : Which of the following has the lowest overall heat transfer co-efficient? (A) Dowtherm (B) Molten sodium (C) Water (D) Air
Last Answer : (D) Air
Description : Which glass is usually used in optical work? (A) Lead glass (B) High silica (borosilicate) glass (C) Photo-sensitive glass (D) Fibre glass
Last Answer : (C) Photo-sensitive glass
Description : The thermal efficiency of a reversible heat engine operating between two given thermal reservoirs is 0.4. The device is used either as a refrigerator or as a heat pump between the same reservoirs. Then the coefficient of performance as a ... )R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5 (D) (COP)R = (COP)HP = 2.5
Last Answer : (C) (COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
Description : Heat transfer rate per unit area is called (A) Thermal conductivity (B) Heat flux (C) Heat transfer co-efficient (D) Thermal diffusivity
Last Answer : (B) Heat flux
Description : The left face of a one dimensional slab of thickness 0.2 m is maintained at 80°C and the right face is exposed to air at 30°C. The thermal conductivity of the slab is 1.2 W/m.K and the heat transfer co-efficient from the ... temperature of the right face in °C is (A) 77.2 (B) 71.2 (C) 63.8 (D) 48.7
Last Answer : (D) 48.7
Description : . The inner wall of a furnace is at a temperature of 700°C. The composite wall is made of two substances, 10 and 20 cm thick with thermal conductivities of 0.05 and 0.1 W.m-1.°C-1 respectively. The ambient air is at 30°C ... from the outer surface in W.m-2 is (A) 165.4 (B) 167.5 (C) 172.5 (D) 175
Last Answer : (A) 165.4
Description : In Fourier's law, the proportionality constant is called the (A) Heat transfer co-efficient (B) Thermal diffusivity (C) Thermal conductivity (D) Stefan-Boltzmann constant
Last Answer : (C) Thermal conductivity
Description : Walls of a cubical oven are of thickness l, and they are made of material of thermal conductivity k. The temperature inside the oven is 100°C and the inside heat transfer co-efficient is 3k/l'. If the wall temperature ... wall temperature in degree centigrade? (A) 35.5 (B) 43.75 (C) 81.25 (D) 48.25
Last Answer : (C) 81.25
Description : Nusselt number/Biot number varies (A) Inversely with thermal conductivity (B) Directly with heat transfer co-efficient (C) Directly with thermal conductivity (D) Inversely with the dimension of the solid
Last Answer : (A) Inversely with thermal conductivity
Description : What is the critical radius of insulation (cms) for a metallic cylinder, if the convective heat transfer co-efficient with the ambient atmosphere is 5 W/m2. °K? Thermal conductivity of metal and insulation material are 40 and 0.1 W/m.°K respectively. (A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 40
Last Answer : (A) 2
Description : Concrete contains (i)Siliceous aggregates, having higher coefficient of expansion (ii)Igneous aggregates, having intermediate coefficient of expansion (iii)Lime stones, having lowest coefficient of expansion [ A ] i and iii [ B ] ii and iii [ C ] i and ii [ D ] i, ii and iii
Last Answer : [ D ] i, ii and iii
Description : Which of the following processes does not produce Cl2 as a co-product during the manufacture of caustic soda? (A) Diaphragm electrolytic cell process (B) Mercury electrolytic cell process (C) Lime-soda process (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Lime-soda process
Description : __________ is used as a flux in the smelting of copper ore like chalcopyrite. (A) Coke breeze (B) Lime powder (C) Silica/quartz (D) Dolomite
Last Answer : (C) Silica/quartz