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Mechanisms of liquid-metal embrittlement

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Translated from Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 11–20, September–October, 1979.

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Popovich, V.V. Mechanisms of liquid-metal embrittlement. Mater Sci 15, 438–445 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00729232

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