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← TechnologyWhich outcome occurs when annealing stainless steel fails to control cooling rates within set material-specific tolerances?
A)Increased intergranular carbide precipitation✓
B)Decreased yield strength uniformity
C)Enhanced passive layer chromium depletion
D)Reduced resistance to hydrogen embrittlement
💡 Explanation
Excessively slow cooling encourages chromium to react with carbon along grain boundaries via increased intergranular carbide precipitation, because of shifting equilibrium constants versus rapid cooling. Therefore, sensitization occurs rather than maintaining corrosion resistance at those temperatures.
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