Which mechanism causes progressive weakening when steel alloy is repeatedly cooled and heated through its curie temperature?

💡 Explanation

When steel is repeatedly heated and cooled through the Curie temperature, the steel undergoes martensitic phase transformation which is a diffusionless transformation that introduces internal stresses and embrittlement in the steel. Therefore martensitic transformation embrittlement results, rather than the alternatives which occur through different mechanisms.

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