Which material degradation risk increases when a high-powered laser induces thermoelastic stress?

💡 Explanation

Fatigue crack propagation accelerates because cyclical thermoelastic stress leads to microcrack formation and growth, therefore answer C rather than etching which requires specific ablation, or corrosion which requires reactive environment.

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