High temperature material properties of IN738LC processed by selective laser melting (SLM) technology

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-290

  Rickenbacher, L ^a   Etter, T ^a   Hovel S ^a   Wegener, K ^b  

^a ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical properties of materials; High temperatures; IN738LC; Lasers; Material properties; Melting; Nickel base superalloy; Selective laser melting

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIAL PROPERTIES; IN738LC; METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION; NICKEL BASE SUPERALLOY; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

CREEP; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LASERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MELTING; NICKEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SUPERALLOYS; TENSILE TESTING;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84887446842     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541311323281     Document Type: Article

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