Which mechanism causes increased brittleness after polymer vitrification?

💡 Explanation

Reduced brittleness occurs because decreased temperature reduces the glass transition, leading to arrested molecular chain orientations via reduced molecular chain segment mobility; therefore, polymers become brittle rather than ductile, because chains can no longer slide past each other.

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