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Statement (I): Salts like sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide when added to water to use as quenching media, cooling rate of quenching media will be increased. Statement (II): When salts are added to water, during quenching, distortion and crack appearance in the quenched steel components reduces.
Statement (I): Piston temperature profiles near full load are flattened in case of liquid cooled engines whereas for air cooled engines temperature profiles are steeper. Statement (II): The piston temperature profiles are different in nature for liquid cooled and air cooled engines because of the different values of heat capacities.
Assertion: a : During hardening of steel, the component to be heat treated is strongly agitated in the quenching medium.
Reason : r : The agitation breaks down the vapour barrier allowing the quench to proceed at a more rapid rate.