Since 1945 there have been remarkable developments in the electron theory of alloys and the highlights of this evolution are described. In the early 1980s, the density functional theory was extended and simplified into the embedded atom method and this has been applied here to intergranular embrittlement of iron. It is predicted that a small amount of carbon will protect polycrystalline iron from grain boundary brittleness at low temperatures.
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