Fine-Scale Microstructure, Elemental Distribution, and Dislocation Substructure Formation and Their Influence on Post-deposition Phase Transformation in Additive Manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy
摘要
The present study explores fine-scale microstructure, chemistry, and dislocation substructure formation, and their effect on phase decomposition and transformation during and after additive manufacturing (DED-LENSTM) of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Optimized processing parameters were used to produce bulk alloy specimen. Electron microscopy was carried out to obtain details about microstructure and dislocation sub-structure formation as well as to analyze elemental distribution within the microstructural features. High temperature x-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry characterizations were conducted to study the phase transformation in as-deposited specimen. The prior β grain boundary regions either remain free from grain boundary (GB) α phase or contains smaller GB α variants. Lamellar α phase appears beside prior β grain boundaries while basket-weave structure with acicular α lamellae is present inside prior β grains. Larger primary and secondary acicular α lamellae evolve as part of basket-weave structure during deposition of a new layer, whereas refined tertiary and quaternary