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Mechanical Engineering · Q254

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Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 254

Q254

Cast iron is characterized by minimum of following percentage of carbon

A.
0.2%
B.
0.8%
C.
1.3%
D.
2%
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Cast iron is a ferrous alloy which has more than 2% carbon in it.
Though it can have any percentage of carbon between 2% to 6.67%, but practically it is in between 2% to 4% only.