Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 5, 051403(2011)
Microstructure evolution of laser solid forming of Ti-Al-V ternary system alloys from blended elemental powders
Morphology evolution of prior \beta grains of laser solid forming (LSF) Ti-xAl-yV (x \leq 11,y \leq 20) alloys from blended elemental powders is investigated. The formation mechanism of grain morphology is revealed by incorporating columnar to equiaxed transition (CET) mechanism during solidification. The morphology of prior \beta grains of LSF Ti-6Al-yV changes from columnar to equiaxed grains with increasing element V content from 4 to 20 wt.-%. This agrees well with CET theoretical prediction. Likewise, the grain morphology of LSF Ti-xAl-2V from blended elemental powders changes from large columnar to small equiaxed with increasing Al content from 2 to 11 wt.-%. The macro-morphologies of LSF Ti-8Al-2V and Ti-11Al-2V from blended elemental powders do not agree with CET predictions. This is caused by the increased disturbance effects of mixing enthalpy with increasing Al content, generated in the alloying process of Ti, Al, and V in the molten pool.
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Hua Tan, Fengying Zhang, Jing Chen, Xin Lin, Weidong Huang, "Microstructure evolution of laser solid forming of Ti-Al-V ternary system alloys from blended elemental powders," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 051403 (2011)
Category: Lasers and Laser Optics
Received: Dec. 14, 2010
Accepted: Jan. 28, 2011
Published Online: Apr. 22, 2011
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