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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes decreased strength when heating single-crystal turbine blades?
A)Vacancy diffusion enables creep deformation✓
B)Grain boundary sliding increases fracture rate
C)Oxidation forms brittle surface layers
D)Martensitic transformation reduces yield strength
💡 Explanation
Elevated temperature increases atom mobility, therefore vacancy diffusion allows dislocations to bypass obstacles, leading to creep. Enhanced creep reduces blade strength because plastic deformation occurs at lower stresses rather than fracture. Oxidation only weakens from higher temperatures.
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