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Railway wagon axles are made by heating iron rods embedded in charcoal powder.
This process is known as
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Options:
  • A tempering
  • B case-hardening
  • C sherardising
  • D annealing
Solution:
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The correct answer is: case-hardening
The process of hardening of iron rods of railway wagon axles embedded in charcoal powder is known as case-hardening. In this process surface of iron rods get hardened by depositing a layer of steel on its surface.

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