Microstructural evolution during direct laser sintering of multi-component Cu-based metal powder

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1309-1314

  Shen, Yi Fu ^a   Gu, Dong Dong ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Yang, Jia Lin ^b   Wang, Yang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

Cu based metal powder; Direct metal laser sintering; Liquid phase sintering; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

COPPER ALLOYS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POWDER METALS; SINTERING; TIN ALLOYS;

COPPER-BASED METAL POWDER; DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING (DMLS); LASER PROCESSING PARAMETERS; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 33644856709     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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