Microstructure and tensile properties of selectively laser-melted and of HIPed laser-melted Ti-6Al-4V

作者：Qiu Chunlei^*; Adkins Nicholas J E; Attallah Moataz M

来源：Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 2013, 578: 230-239.

DOI：10.1016/j.msea2013.04.099

• Selective laser melting
• Hot isostatic pressing
• Titanium alloys
• Microstructure
• Tensile behaviour

Ti-6Al-4V samples have been prepared by selective laser melting (SLM) with varied processing conditions. Some of the samples were stress-relieved or hot isostatically pressed (HIPed). The microstructures of all samples were characterised using optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the tensile properties measured before and after HIPing. It was found that the porosity level generally decreased with increase of laser power and laser scanning speed. Horizontally built samples were found to have a higher level of porosity than vertically built samples. The as-fabricated microstructure was dominated by columnar grains and martensites. HIPing closed the majority of the pores and also fully transformed the martensite into alpha and beta phases. The asfabricated microstructure exhibits very high tensile strengths but poor ductility with elongation generally smaller than 10%. The horizontally built samples show even lower elongation than vertically built samples. HIPing considerably improved ductility but led to a reduction in strength. With HIPing, the SLMed samples were found to show tensile properties comparable with those thermomechanically processed and annealed samples.

• 出版日期2013-8-20