Which failure increases when residual stresses concentrate during steel welding?

💡 Explanation

Hydrogen-induced cold cracking risk increases due to residual tensile stresses intensifying at the weld zone; *hydrogen diffusion* embrittles the metal because hydrogen atoms concentrate in regions of high stress, therefore promoting crack formation rather than alternative corrosion or overhearing phenomena.

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