Pathway to understand liquid metal embrittlement (LME) in Fe-Zn couple: From fundamentals toward application

Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) has been reported in many structural materials including steel, aluminum, brass, and nickel during hot-working processes e.g. welding, hot-deformation, brazing, heat-treatment, or in-service time. In many of the applications, such as automotive, aerospace, nuclear industries, LME is considered as a serious safety concern. Over the last decades, research activities have grown considerably striving to understand …