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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 408, Issue -, Pages 38-50Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.02.215
Keywords
AlSi10Mg alloy; Selective laser melting; Densification; Microstructure; Mechanical properties
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- national key special research and development project [2016YFB1100400]
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This densification behavior and attendant microstructural characteristics of the selective laser melting (SLM) processed AlSi10Mg alloy affected by the processing parameters were systematically investigated. The samples with a single track were produced by SLM to study the influences of laser power and scanning speed on the surface morphologies of scan tracks. Additionally, the bulk samples were produced to investigate the influence of the laser power, scanning speed, and hatch spacing on the densification level and the resultant microstructure. The experimental results showed that the level of porosity of the SLM-processed samples was significantly governed by energy density of laser beam and the hatch spacing. The tensile properties of SLM-processed samples and the attendant fracture surface can be enhanced by decreasing the level of porosity. The microstructure of SLM-processed samples consists of supersaturated Al-rich cellular structure along with eutectic Al/Si situated at the cellular boundaries. The Si content in the cellular boundaries increases with increasing the laser power and decreasing the scanning speed. The hardness of SLM-processed samples was significantly improved by this fine microstructure compared with the cast samples. Moreover, the hardness of SLM-processed samples at overlaps was lower than the hardness observed at track cores. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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