Creep fracture phenomena in iron embrittled by liquid copper

Creep-to-rupture tests of T91 steel in flowing Pb–Bi eutectic melt at 550°C

“…The particular role of the liquid phase, therefore, may be as an adsorbent, a penetrant or a solvent operating at a crack tip [19].…”

Hot Cracking in Inductively Bent Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes

“…Further, there never was any corrosive environment present during the manufacture, storage and assembly of the piping. (v) Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) [1,2,3]. No evidence for this failure mechanism could be found in the investigations, neither by optical microscopy or by scanning electron microscope (SEM).…”