| Oxygen is able to embrittle beryllium, but there is no quantitative measure of the effect. |
| After use and disposal, exposure to UV light, heat, and moisture makes the caps embrittle and break down into small pieces. |
| This combination of gases produces a corrosive by-product that causes lesser pressure sensor technologies to embrittle and fail during the refining process of oil and gas. |
| The high temperature treatment effaces the strains, coalesces the sulphide films in the ferrite which embrittle the steel and produces homogenity by rapid diffusion. |
| Above that, they will embrittle and cease to function as intended. |
| Hydrogen will embrittle the high-strength steel used in such pipelines, however, raising the risk of rupture and explosion of leading hydrogen. |
