Which outcome is accelerated when crystal grain boundaries corrode?

💡 Explanation

Intergranular corrosion propagates preferentially along grain boundaries because the atomic structure is less ordered, therefore corrosion advances more rapidly here rather than through the grains themselves, increasing failure risk from grain separation.

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