MT L2 question of the day · 13 November 2026

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Types of Discontinuities

A hot-rolled alloy steel bar, examined as rolled with no machining or heat treatment, shows a few fine, straight, tight lines on its surface. Each runs parallel to the bar axis, is continuous for several feet and starts at a random position around the bar. What is the most likely discontinuity?

Seams, from billet surface flaws drawn out by rollingStringers, from short strings of nonmetallic inclusions in the steelGrinding cracks, from heat in the contact zone of a wheelQuench cracks, from stress as hardened steel cooled quickly

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A hot-rolled alloy steel bar, examined as rolled with no machining or heat treatment, shows a few fine, straight, tight lines on its surface. Each runs parallel to the bar axis, is continuous for several feet and starts at a random position around the bar. What is the most likely discontinuity?

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