Which mechanism causes increased fracture risk in polycrystalline silicon at low temperatures?

💡 Explanation

Embrittlement increases because grain boundary diffusion is thermally activated; decreased diffusion reduces the relaxation of stress concentrations at crack trips, causing rapid brittle fracturing rather than ductile behavior because dislocations are immobile at low temperatures.

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