Preparation of Ti2AlC through in-situ selective laser forming and reaction sintering

This paper proposes the preparation of Ti2AlC complex parts through the combination of in-situ selective laser forming (ISLF) and reaction sintering. By studying the impaction of scan speed and laser power on the phase composition and microstructure of the formed test specimen, it was found that the test specimen mainly consisted of Ti3Al, TiAl, TiC, and graphite reacted incompletely. When the laser power was fixed, the lower the scan speed, the higher the TiC content. The TiC phase developed from nanoparticles to coarse dendritic structures gradually. When the laser power is further increased, the dendritic structure does not increase significantly. The process optimization found that when the laser power was 40 W and the scan speed was 100 mm/s, the density of the formed test specimen was 80.308%, which was mainly because the difference between the diffusion coefficients of Ti and Al resulted in Kirkendall pores, causing the incomplete densification of the formed part.

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This paper proposes the preparation of Ti2AlC complex parts through the combination of in-situ selective laser forming (ISLF) and reaction sintering. By studying the impact of scan speed and laser power on the phase composition and microstructure of the formed test specimen, it was found that the test specimen mainly consisted of Ti3Al, TiAl, TiC, and graphite reacted incompletely. The TiC phase developed from nanoparticles to coarse dendritic structures gradually with lower scan speed and higher TiC content.