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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
Volume 709, Issue -, Pages 82-89Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2017.10.045
Keywords
Stainless steel CX; Additive manufacturing; Microstructure; Methanical properties; Fracture surface
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [RGPIN-2016-04221]
- New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) [RIF2017-071]
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In the present paper, the microstructural evolution and tensile properties of additively manufactured stainless steel CX were investigated. Using scanning electron microscope (SEM), several powder particle morphologies were identified in the stainless s steel CX feedstock powder where the spherical morphology was found to be the dominant one. In addition, X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique detected austenite and martensite phases in both stainless steel CX powder and as-built sample, whereas no carbide peak appeared on the XRD patterns. Moreover, lath or needle-like martensite phase was observed in the microstructure of the as-built sample. The level of porosity was very low in the as-built sample, indicating the manufacturing of a nearly fully dense sample. Furthermore, a high ultimate tensile strength together with a good elongation to fracture was obtained for the horizontally-built stainless steel CX sample. Finally, examination of the fracture surfaces after tensile tests confirmed the ductile failure mode of the samples, in which the pull-out of the scan tracks and coalescence of the voids resulted in the tear and final rupture. This study demonstrates the successful additive manufacturing of stainless steel CX with outstanding tensile properties.
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