One of the first engineering tasks I had while still in school was to find out why a steel conveyor chain for my employer was failing. Long story, but the short answer was hydrogen embrittlement in the electroplating process. This was in 1975.
Since then I keep checking to see if anyone has figured out the mechanism for hydrogen embrittlement (they really haven't.) In the googling process I stumbled across the chemical industry expert witness site. Check this one out:
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Particularly, "COLD FUSION. Expert is familiar with several aspects of cold fusion."
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