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Railway wagon axles are made by heating ...

Railway wagon axles are made by heating rods of iron embedded in charcoal powerder. The process is known as

A

Case hardening

B

Sheradizing

C

Annealing

D

Tempering

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A
Case hardening : The process of hardening the surface of wrought iron by depositing a surface layer of steel on it is called case-hardening. It is done by heating wrought iron in contact with potassium ferrocyanide.
Alternatively, case hardening can also be done by heating wrought iron with charcoal and then plunging it a suitable oil.
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