Good welds create an integral product. It is possible, though, that if the two halves are poorly welded or are of dissimilar material, that the weld is purely mechanical at the joint, perhaps there is a solvent that can infiltrate the porosity at that joint and dissolve the weld before the more dense portions of the whole part. More @Wikipedia
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