To crack, or not to crack: How hydrogen favors crack propagation in iron at the atomic scale

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Main Authors:	Egorov, Aleksei, Zhang, Lei, van der Giessen, Erik, Maresca, Francesco
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Materials Science
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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