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What does embrittling mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of embrittle
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Nickel has a strengthening effect, similar to that of manganese, although more limited because it only acts to reduce the embrittling effect of iron.
Although the grafted nano-silica brings about an embrittling effect during tensile tests, as revealed by Fig.
We conclude that reduced MOR and IB seen in remediated PB are the result of residual oxalic acid either embrittling the fiber or interfering with UF resin adhesion.
These effects combine to make phosphorus an extremely effective embrittling agent, even when fracture occurs transgranularly.
Recently the titanium industry has become aware that hydrogen is a major factor in embrittling titanium.
This is because some of the alloying elements form oxides and other compounds at the grain boundaries, embrittling the material.

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