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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 152, Issue -, Pages 201-211Publisher
JOURNAL MATER SCI TECHNOL
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2022.12.030
Keywords
Laser powder bed fusion; TiB 2-reinforced AlCuMgTi composite; Duplex effect; CALPHAD; Phase-field simulation; Mechanical properties
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This paper proposes a novel duplex nucleation mechanism to control the grain structure of additively manufactured AlCuMgTi-TiB2 composites for achieving a homogeneous equiaxed grain structure and breaking the strength-ductility trade-off. The results show that the proposed alloy design approach and duplex nucleation mechanism can guide the tailoring of the microstructure and mechanical properties of additively manufactured aluminum parts.
Achieving a homogeneous equiaxed grain structure and breaking the strength-ductility trade-off in ad-ditively manufactured aluminum alloys is a great challenge. In this paper, we propose a novel duplex nucleation mechanism that combines ex situ TiB2 and in situ Al3Ti for controlling the grain structure of additively manufactured AlCuMgTi-TiB2 composites. We conducted thermodynamic calculations and phase-field simulations to elucidate the duplex nucleation-based grain structure control. The Al3Ti-coated TiB2 inoculant system formed via duplex nucleation during solidification enabled the formation of a ho-mogeneous ultrafine equiaxed microstructure in both the as-fabricated and heat-treated states. Different from the AlCuMgTi alloy, the TiB2-reinforced AlCuMgTi composites produced via laser powder bed fusion were amenable to the simultaneous enhancement of strength and ductility. The proposed alloy design ap-proach and duplex nucleation mechanism can guide the tailoring of the microstructure and mechanical properties of additively manufactured aluminum parts. (c) 2023 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The editorial office of Journal of Materials Science & Technology.
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