Which failure mode is caused when hydrogen diffuses within crystalline metal?

💡 Explanation

Hydrogen embrittlement causes metal fatigue because hydrogen atoms diffuse into the metal lattice, weakening grain boundaries and facilitating **stress corrosion cracking**. Therefore, cracks nucleate rather than phase transformations, material dissolution, because surface oxidation occurs independently.

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