Densification mechanism and microstructural evolution in selective laser sintering of Al-12Si powders

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Olakanmi, E O ^a,c   Cochrane, R F ^a   Dalgarno, K W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aluminium silicon alloys; Epitaxial growth; Microstructural evolution; Rapid solidification; Selective laser sintering; Spheroidisation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM SILICON ALLOY; DENSIFICATION MECHANISMS; FUSION BOUNDARY; LASER ENERGIES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SINTERED MICROSTRUCTURE; SPHEROIDISATION;

ALUMINUM; BIOLOGY; DENSIFICATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LASER HEATING; POWDERS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SINTERING;

MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 78249288468     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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