Which risk increases when extreme cold causes non-uniform contraction in a polycrystalline ceramic?

💡 Explanation

Microstructural cracks occur because differential thermal contraction causes grain boundary stress beyond the material's tensile strength; therefore cracking happens rather than electron mobility because grain boundary decohesion is the primary mechanism.

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