| Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. AP
Volume 5, Number 1, January 1999
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| Page(s) | 19 - 31 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:1999108 | |
| Published online | 15 January 1999 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:1999108
Liquid metal embrittlement: A state-of-the-art appraisal
CEA-CEREM/SCECF, BP 6, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
Received:
18
June
1998
Revised:
29
September
1998
Accepted:
22
October
1998
Published online: 15 January 1999
Although the risk of embrittlement of materials exposed to liquid metals has been recognized for many years, its prediction reMayns 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
© EDP Sciences, 1999
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