The formation of α + β microstructure in as-fabricated selective laser melting of Ti-6Al-4V

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 2028-2035

  Simonelli, Marlo ^a   Tse, Yau Yau ^a   Tuck, C ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

annealing; hardness; microstructure

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ANNEALING; FABRICATION; HARDNESS; MARTENSITE; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; TERNARY ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

MARTENSITIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; MICROSTRUCTURE MORPHOLOGIES; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING (SLM); TI-6 AL-4 V;

SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

EID: 84911959724     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.166     Document Type: Article

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