| The organic materials in grounds, gilding, paint films, and varnishes become embrittled with age and can no longer flex to accommodate movement in the support. |
| It is extremely important that the salts be free of all traces of sulfur, so that the work does not become embrittled. |
| The silver objects tended to be more fragmentary than the gold, as they had been embrittled by excessive cold working. |
| This is caused by voltage flashovers on the spark plug neck, which in turn are down to leaking or embrittled spark plug connectors. |
| The stained portion of the surface was a blocky, intergranular fracture typical of embrittled steels. |
| Consequently, the material is embrittled by impurity segregation to interfacial boundaries. |
