J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2020, Vol. 57: 51-64.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.05.004
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Chao Caia, Xu Wua, Wan Liub, Wei Zhua, Hui Chenc, Jasper Chua Dong Qiud, Chen-Nan Sund, Jie Liua,*(), Qingsong Weia,*(), Yusheng Shia
Received:
2019-11-25
Accepted:
2020-03-03
Published:
2020-11-15
Online:
2020-11-20
Contact:
Jie Liu,Qingsong Wei
Chao Cai, Xu Wu, Wan Liu, Wei Zhu, Hui Chen, Jasper Chua Dong Qiu, Chen-Nan Sun, Jie Liu, Qingsong Wei, Yusheng Shi. Selective laser melting of near-α titanium alloy Ti-6Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V: Parameter optimization, heat treatment and mechanical performance[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2020, 57: 51-64.
Fig. 1. (a, b) Morphology and size distribution of the as-received TA15 powder, (c) an HRPM-II type SLM machine and the SLM scanning strategy, and (d) printed metallographic and tensile specimens.
Fig. 2. Chart of SLM processing parameters for TA15 alloy. Three typical optical metallographic (OM) images demonstrate over-melted, well-melted, and porous top surfaces of printed samples, which are represented by red, green, and blue, respectively.
Fig. 6. TEM results of SLM-built sample S17: (a) bright-field image, (b) magnified image of nano-size twins in Area A, (c) HRTEM image of nano-size twins in Area B, (d) magnified image of needle-like structures, and (e), (f), and (g) correspond to the SAD patterns of points I, II, and III in (d), respectively.
Samples | Room temperature | 500 ℃ | ||
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UTS (MPa) | EI (%) | UTS (MPa) | EI (%) | |
S17 | 1422.1 ± 50.2 | 9.5 ± 1.5 | 990.2 ± 2.2 | 15.6 ± 1.9 |
S18 | 1362.6 ± 46.2 | 9.3 ± 0.4 | 949.6 ± 19.6 | 13.6 ± 3.2 |
S19 | 1349.8 ± 26.7 | 5.6 ± 0.1 | 909.4 ± 40.1 | 12.5 ± 0.4 |
S20 | 1063.6 ± 136.9 | 7.5 ± 0.5 | 939.5 ± 20.7 | 15.3 ± 1.7 |
S26 | 1234.2 ± 53.1 | 7.3 ± 0.7 | 907.5 ± 4.9 | 11.8 ± 0.4 |
S26 + HT1 | 1207.3 ± 3.8 | 8.9 ± 0.1 | 853.2 ± 10.7 | 12.5 ± 1.1 |
S26 + HT2 | 1123.6 ± 14.0 | 11.3 ± 0.7 | 757.1 ± 7.0 | 13.4 ± 1.1 |
S26 + HT3 | 1024.9 ± 19.5 | 9.0 ± 0.4 | 715.3 ± 4.3 | 13.0 ± 0.9 |
S26 + HT4 | 936.5 ± 4.9 | 8.0 ± 1.0 | 639.8 ± 6.7 | 14.3 ± 0.9 |
S26 + HT5 | 906.9 ± 5.5 | 5.8 ± 0.2 | 602.0 ± 5.6 | 15.9 ± 5.0 |
S26 + HT6 | 780.6 ± 7.2 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 596.3 ± 5.6 | 15.6 ± 2.5 |
Wrought TA15 [ | 965 | 18.8 | 680 | 24.8 |
Table 1 Room-temperature and high-temperature tensile properties for the printed TA15 alloy samples under varied SLM processing parameters and heat treatments.
Samples | Room temperature | 500 ℃ | ||
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UTS (MPa) | EI (%) | UTS (MPa) | EI (%) | |
S17 | 1422.1 ± 50.2 | 9.5 ± 1.5 | 990.2 ± 2.2 | 15.6 ± 1.9 |
S18 | 1362.6 ± 46.2 | 9.3 ± 0.4 | 949.6 ± 19.6 | 13.6 ± 3.2 |
S19 | 1349.8 ± 26.7 | 5.6 ± 0.1 | 909.4 ± 40.1 | 12.5 ± 0.4 |
S20 | 1063.6 ± 136.9 | 7.5 ± 0.5 | 939.5 ± 20.7 | 15.3 ± 1.7 |
S26 | 1234.2 ± 53.1 | 7.3 ± 0.7 | 907.5 ± 4.9 | 11.8 ± 0.4 |
S26 + HT1 | 1207.3 ± 3.8 | 8.9 ± 0.1 | 853.2 ± 10.7 | 12.5 ± 1.1 |
S26 + HT2 | 1123.6 ± 14.0 | 11.3 ± 0.7 | 757.1 ± 7.0 | 13.4 ± 1.1 |
S26 + HT3 | 1024.9 ± 19.5 | 9.0 ± 0.4 | 715.3 ± 4.3 | 13.0 ± 0.9 |
S26 + HT4 | 936.5 ± 4.9 | 8.0 ± 1.0 | 639.8 ± 6.7 | 14.3 ± 0.9 |
S26 + HT5 | 906.9 ± 5.5 | 5.8 ± 0.2 | 602.0 ± 5.6 | 15.9 ± 5.0 |
S26 + HT6 | 780.6 ± 7.2 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 596.3 ± 5.6 | 15.6 ± 2.5 |
Wrought TA15 [ | 965 | 18.8 | 680 | 24.8 |
Fig. 10. Side-surface OM microstructures of samples under various layer thicknesses: (a) S17 with 30 μm layer thickness and (b) S26 with 60 μm layer thickness.
Fig. 11. X-ray patterns of untreated S26 sample and S26 samples with heat treatments HT1 (650 °C), HT2 (750 °C), HT3 (850 °C), HT4 (950 °C), HT5 (1000 °C), and HT6 (1100 °C).
Fig. 12. Microstructures of untreated S26 sample and heat-treated samples in the partial martensitic decomposition temperature range: (a, b) untreated S26, (c, d) HT1 (650 °C), and (e, f) HT2 (750 °C). White and yellow arrows indicate needle-like structure and lath-like structures, respectively.
Fig. 13. Microstructures of heat-treated samples in the complete martensitic decomposition temperature range: (a, b) HT3 (850 °C) and (c, d) HT4 (950 °C).
Fig. 14. Microstructures of heat-treated samples above the βtr temperature: (a, b) HT5 (1000 °C) and (c, d) HT6 (1100 °C). Yellow arrows indicate the lamellar structure.
Sample | Microstructure type and constituent phase |
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S26 | Full needle-like α′ martensitic phase |
HT1 | Fine lath-like (α + β) with needle-like α′ martensitic phase |
HT2 | Fine lath-like (α + β) with minority needle-like α′ martensitic phase |
HT3 | Full lath-like (α + β) |
HT4 | Full lath-like (α + β) |
HT5 | Lath-like (α + β) with minority coarse lamellar (α + β) |
HT6 | Coarse lamellar (α + β) with minority lath-like (α + β) |
Table 2 Microstructure type and constituent phase of the S26 sample and heat-treatment samples in this study.
Sample | Microstructure type and constituent phase |
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S26 | Full needle-like α′ martensitic phase |
HT1 | Fine lath-like (α + β) with needle-like α′ martensitic phase |
HT2 | Fine lath-like (α + β) with minority needle-like α′ martensitic phase |
HT3 | Full lath-like (α + β) |
HT4 | Full lath-like (α + β) |
HT5 | Lath-like (α + β) with minority coarse lamellar (α + β) |
HT6 | Coarse lamellar (α + β) with minority lath-like (α + β) |
Fig. 16. Comparison diagram of room-temperature and high-temperature tensile properties for the S26 samples without and with heat treatments. The blue frames show the corresponding tensile testing temperatures. The five-pointed stars and squares represent tensile strength and elongation, respectively.
Fig. 17. High-magnification morphologies of the printed samples: (a) S17, (b) S18, (c) S19, and (d) S20. The yellow and white arrows indicate coarse and fine α′ martensite, respectively.
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