Engineering Materials
Vanadium in high speed steels

Promotes decarburisation
Provides high hot hardness
Promotes retention of austenite
Forms very hard carbides and thus increases wear resistance

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Engineering Materials
Which of the following statement is true about brittle fracture?

High temperature and low strain rates favour brittle fracture
Brittle fracture is always preceded by noise
Cup and cone formation is characteristic for brittle materials
Many metals with hexagonal close packed (H.C.P) crystal structure commonly show brittle fracture

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