Which mechanism causes brittleness in polycrystalline materials during cryogenic cooling?

💡 Explanation

Brittleness arises because Peierls stress, the stress required to move dislocations, dramatically increases at cryogenic temperatures; therefore, brittle fracture dominates rather than plastic deformation because dislocation motion is inhibited in the crystal lattice.

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