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Occurs rapidly with little to no warning. Fractography reveals "cleavage facets" or intergranular cracking. It is highly dangerous and often triggered by low temperatures or high strain rates. Wear and Degradation

Understanding how a material broke requires recognizing specific microscopic patterns. Volume 11 features exhaustive galleries of fractographs illustrating: Asm Handbook Volume 11 Failure Analysis And Prevention..pdf