Which outcome occurs when a high-pressure water pipe undergoes rapid depressurization?

💡 Explanation

Brittle fracture results from rapid depressurization because the mechanism by which dissolved gases form cavitation bubbles. This weakening dramatically stresses the pipe wall as the water undergoes a phase transition, therefore fracture is more likely, rather than density changes, that would happen without bubble formation at equilibrium.

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