Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 657, Issue -, Pages 430-435Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.10.119
Keywords
Selective laser melting (SLM); Al-Si-Fe-Cu-Mg alloy; Microstructure; Heat treatment
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The Al-20Si-5Fe-3Cu-1Mg alloy was fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM). The microstructure and the phase constitution of the SLM as well as the heat treated alloy were studied. It is found that SLM not only alters the morphology of the eutectic silicon phase from rod-like to dendrite as well as particle shapes, but also significantly refines the primary silicon and Al-Si-Fe compound compared with the corresponding cast alloy. The eutectic silicon becomes coarser, whereas the primary silicon phase, the Al-Si-Fe compound show little change after heat treatment. X-ray diffraction results show the presence of only delta-Al4FeSi2 phase in the SLM alloy, whereas, the heat treated SLM alloy consists of both delta-Al4FeSi2 and beta-Al5FeSi phases. The DSC analysis reveals that no quasi-peritectic reaction occurs during cooling cycle on account of the high cooling rate as well as the large diffusion distances required by the large dimensions of the delta-Al4FeSi2 phase. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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