embrittlement

Noun

Meaning

embrittlement (countable and uncountable, plural embrittlements)

The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material.

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A reduction in fracture toughness may also be attributed to the embrittlement effect of impurities, or for body-centred cubic metals, from a reduction in temperature. Source: Internet

Higher-tin alloys can absorb more gold without embrittlement. Source: Internet

In the 1980s, the pressure tubes in the Pickering A reactors were replaced ahead of design life due to unexpected deterioration caused by hydrogen embrittlement. Source: Internet

Phosphorus is added to metallic copper during its smelting process to react with oxygen present as an impurity in copper and to produce phosphorus-containing copper ( CuOFP ) alloys with a higher hydrogen embrittlement resistance than normal copper. Source: Internet

The embrittlement decreases at higher manganese concentrations and reaches an acceptable level at 8%. Source: Internet

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