Which mechanism causes increased brittleness in a rapidly cooled metal crystal?

💡 Explanation

Accelerated cooling fails to expel point defects, causing vacancy trapping at crystal grain boundaries, because it bypasses equilibrium recrystallization. This creates stress points that propagate cracks, therefore making the material brittle, rather than ductile.

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