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← ScienceWhich risk increases when cryogenic cooling stresses a turbine blade's lattice?
A)Increased Hall-Petch strengthening effect
B)Hydrogen embrittlement propagation✓
C)Diminished creep caused by irradiation
D)Elevated oxidation from thermal cycling
💡 Explanation
Hydrogen embrittlement increases when stressing a turbine blade lattice at cryogenic temperatures because interstitial diffusion vastly increases via the Gorsky effect; therefore, fracture toughness decreases rather than Hall-Petch strengthening alone and other temperature reliant degradation modes.
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