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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 164, Issue 7, Pages C428-C434Publisher
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2.1481707jes
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- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [14DZ2261000]
- Australian Research Council's Projects funding scheme [DP110101653]
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Ti-6Al-4V alloy produced by selective laser melting (SLM) was reported to exhibit an inferior corrosion resistance compared with the traditionally processed Grade 5 alloy, due to the formation of high-energy metastable alpha' martensite with regard to a martensite. This work manipulates the transformation of alpha' martensite to alpha martensite by heat-treatment in SLM-produced Ti-6Al-4V alloy and studies the effect on its corrosion behavior using electrochemical tests and microstructural analysis. The electrochemical results reveal that the heat-treated SLM-produced samples exhibit a higher corrosion rate than the as-received counterparts. The microstructural characterization results show that the acicular alpha' martensite vanishes gradually, and a plate-shaped alpha phase and a lamellar alpha + beta mixture continuously form with enhancing heat-treatment temperature, which increases the grain size. The relation between changes in grain size and corrosion resistance of SLM-produced Ti-6Al-4V has been discussed in detail. (C) 2017 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
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