Which consequence results when rapid cooling causes grain boundaries during crystal formation?

💡 Explanation

A non-equilibrium cooling process causes an increase in grain boundary defects resulting in the mechanism: galvanic corrosion. This occurs because regions near the boundaries possess higher energy, therefore corrosion preferentially attacks these regions rather than the more stable crystal lattice.

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