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Which risk significantly increases when titanium is cut using a laser?

A)Fires initiated by exothermic oxidation
B)Hydrogen embrittlement of the metal
C)Formation of brittle intermetallic phases
D)Decreased fatigue strength from grain growth

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Titanium alloys can ignite in oxygen-rich atmospheres during laser cutting, because the rapid heating facilitates rapid exothermic oxidation. Therefore, fire risk increases rather than hydrogen embrittlement or grain growth, which require alternative mechanisms and slower kinetics.

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