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Which outcome occurs when forging a metal component with rapid temperature changes?

A)Thermal fatigue crack propagation accelerates
B)Grain size becomes uniformly refined
C)Ductility proportionally increases everywhere
D)Residual stress becomes perfectly uniform

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Thermal fatigue crack propagation accelerates because repeated heating and cooling generates stress concentrations at grain boundaries, leading to the development of microcracks via the underlying mechanism of cyclic plastic deformation. Therefore, fatigue life decreases abruptly rather than material strengthening because thermal expansion differs locally at each crystallization.

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