Which risk dramatically increases when dislocations concentrate near a grain boundary?

💡 Explanation

Intergranular corrosion accelerates at grain boundaries because segregation of impurities causes electrochemical potential differences and the enrichment of the solute at the grain boundary during creep enhances local corrosion; therefore option A is correct rather than other answers with bulk properties.

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