From powders to dense metal parts: Characterization of a commercial alsimg alloy processed through direct metal laser sintering

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 856-869

  Manfredi, Diego ^a   Calignano, Flaviana ^a   Krishnan, Manickavasagam ^a,b   Canali, Riccardo ^a,b   Ambrosio, Elisa Paola ^a   Atzeni, Eleonora ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing (am); Aluminum alloys; Direct metal laser sintering (dmls); Electron microscopy; Light microscopy; Mechanical characterization

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ADDITIVE PROCESS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING; FINE MICROSTRUCTURE; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; POWDER DEPOSITION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LASER HEATING; METALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

POWDER METALS;

EID: 84875825689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6030856     Document Type: Article

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