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DOI: 10.1051/epjap:1999108
Eur. Phys. J. AP 5, 19-31
Liquid metal embrittlement: A state-of-the-art appraisal
B. Joseph - M. Picat - F. Barbier
CEA-CEREM/SCECF, BP 6, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
barbier@cyborg.cea.fr
Received: 18 June 1998 / Revised: 29 September 1998 / Accepted: 22 October 1998
Abstract
Although the risk of embrittlement of materials exposed to
liquid metals has been recognized for many years, its prediction
remains problematical insofar as the knowledge of the mechanisms
involved in the phenomenon is limited. However, Liquid Metal
Embrittlement (LME) is of prime interest because the risk of
damage exists wherever the handling of liquid metals is required
in various industrial or scientifical fields (chemical plants,
power-producing systems, soldering process, ...). The interest
for this phenomenon needs thus to be pursued. The present paper
reviews experimental results about the occurrence of LME and
the influence of different parameters, and presents a number
of mechanisms which have been proposed to explain LME.
PACS
81.90.+c Other topics in materials science
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