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Chemical Engineering Mcqs 9594 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Chemical Engineering MCQs designed for job test and interview preparation, particularly for fresh graduates, students, and candidates appearing in competitive exams. These multiple-choice questions cover important topics such as the fundamentals of chemical engineering, chemical processes, chemical reactions, process control, and instrumentation, along with other key concepts in the field.

____________ of carbon blocks in the hearth of blast furnace helps in avoiding skull formation, when it becomes cold?

A High thermal conductivity
B Low porosity
C Non-wetting characteristics
D High density
Correct Answer: Non-wetting characteristics

Most Cermets, which normally have high thermal conductivity and high thermal shock resistance, comprises of ceramic & metallic components of ______________ percent respectively?

A 80 and 20
B 20 and 80
C 50 and 50
D 60 and 40
Correct Answer: 80 and 20

Chrome magnesite brick is not used for lining the___________________?

A Hearth of soaking pits
B Bottom hearth of reheating furnace
C Coke oven regenerator
D Burning zone of limestone rotary kilns
Correct Answer: Coke oven regenerator

_____________ is not a single oxide-refractory?

A Zirconia
B Silicon carbide
C Magnesia
D None of these
Correct Answer: Silicon carbide

High alumina refractories are used in the ___________________?

A Dome of blast furnace stoves
B Electric arc furnace roof
C Glass melting furnaces
D All A., B. and C.
Correct Answer: All A., B. and C.

Thermal spalling mainly occurs during _____________ of furnaces?

A Cooling down
B Warming up
C Both A. & B.
D Neither A. nor B.
Correct Answer: Both A. & B.

Which is the stable form of silica upto 1470°C ?

A Quartz
B Cristobalite
C Tridymite
D None of these
Correct Answer: Tridymite

Cermets are combination of ceramic and metallic materials due to which they have high strength & resistance to high temperature. Cermets are used in the_______________?

A Hearth of the blast furnace
B Nuclear reactors, missiles & space crafts
C Insulation of high temperature furnaces
D Roof of electric furnaces
Correct Answer: Nuclear reactors, missiles & space crafts

Zircon refractories have__________________?

A Low co-efficient of expansion
B High RUL (1600°C) and refractoriness (> 2000°C)
C High spalling resistance
D All A., B. and C.
Correct Answer: All A., B. and C.

Chromite refractories_____________________?

A Are bonded with lime and clay
B (Free from silica) have better thermal fatigue resistance than silica and magnesite refractories.
C Are resistant to basic slag
D All A., B. and C.
Correct Answer: All A., B. and C.