Question

The heat treatment alters the properties of the materials and enhances them according to their functionality and material.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was asked by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

Question is from Sections in the Foundry in section Pattern Materials & Moulding Sand Tests of Foundry and Forging

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) True

The explanation is: Heat treating is a group of industrial and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. The most common application is metallurgical aspects in the foundry and machine shop. Heat treatment techniques include annealing, case hardening, precipitation strengthening, tempering, and quenching.