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Cost-affordable, high-performance Ti-TiB composite for selective laser melting additive manufacturing

Journal

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
Volume 35, Issue 15, Pages 1922-1935

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2019.389

Keywords

Ti; composite; additives

Funding

  1. Academic and Technical Leaders Founding Project of Major Disciplines of Jiangxi Province [20182BCB22001]
  2. Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission [ZDSYS201703031748354]
  3. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2016A030313756]

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Titanium and its alloys are probably the most suitable materials for selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing to process. However, the high cost of raw powder materials limits the industrial application of as-printed Ti products. In this study, we have formulated a cost-affordable Ti-TiB composite powder for SLM, to simultaneously achieve excellent mechanical performance and cost effectiveness. The optimization of the processing parameters will be shown to lead to high relative density (99.3%) for the as-printed Ti-TiB composites containing (0.5, 1, and 2 wt%) TiB2. Furthermore, by incorporating TiB2, the as-printed composites exhibit much improved fracture strength (up to 1813 MPa) and microhardness (up to 412 HV), among which the Ti-0.5 wt% TiB2 has demonstrated a great combination of strength (1007 and 1646 MPa as yield and fracture strengths, respectively) and tensile ductility (similar to 8%). The solidification pathway for the Ti-TiB composite during SLM has been investigated, and the underlying mechanism for achieving high yield strength is discussed based on existing models for shear-lag strengthening, grain refinement, and dispersion strengthening.

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