Which risk increases with incorrect annealing during Damascus steel production?

💡 Explanation

Incorrect annealing generates stresses concentrated at microscopic weld lines causing catastrophic lamination because the diffusion necessary for complete weld formation did not occur, therefore the increased risk rather than alternatives based on elemental composition alone.

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