A critical evaluation of the microstructural gradient along the build direction in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Hitesh Sharma; David Parfitt; Abdul Syed; David Wimpenny; Emmanuel Muzangaza; Gavin Baxter; Bo Chen

doi:10.1016/j.msea.2018.12.016

A critical evaluation of the microstructural gradient along the build direction in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Hitesh Sharma, David Parfitt, Abdul Syed, David Wimpenny, Emmanuel Muzangaza, Gavin Baxter, Bo Chen

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It is generally recognised that electron beam melted (EBM) Ti-6Al-4V alloys exhibit a microstructural gradient along the build direction, but there have been some inconsistent experimental observations and debate as to the origin and magnitude of this effect. Here we present an unambiguous evaluation of this microstructural gradient and associated mechanical property along the EBM build direction on purpose-built round bar RB samples with build height of 380 mm and rectangular plate RP samples with build height of 120 mm. Columnar prior β grain width was found to increase (from 86±38 to 154±56 μm in RB and from 79±34 to 122±56 μm in RP samples) with the build height and the similar increase was also observed for α lath width (from 0.58±24 to 0.87±33 μm in RB and from 1.50±45 to 1.80±49 μm in RP samples). These observations can be attributed to the thermal gradient in the powder bed that produced a cooling rate gradient along the build height. The measured α lath width variation along the build height followed a lognormal distribution. The graded microstructure resulted in a decrease in micro-hardness which correlated very well with the mean α lath width by following a Hall-Petch relation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	182-194
Number of pages	13
Journal	Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
Volume	744
Early online date	5 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.12.016
Publication status	Published - 28 Jan 2019

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, 744, (2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2018.12.016

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Keywords

Additive manufacturing
Electron beam melting
Graded microstructure
Mechanical property
Titanium

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Sharma, H., Parfitt, D., Syed, A., Wimpenny, D., Muzangaza, E., Baxter, G., & Chen, B. (2019). A critical evaluation of the microstructural gradient along the build direction in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, 744, 182-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.12.016

A critical evaluation of the microstructural gradient along the build direction in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy. / Sharma, Hitesh; Parfitt, David; Syed, Abdul et al.
In: Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, Vol. 744, 28.01.2019, p. 182-194.

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Sharma, H, Parfitt, D, Syed, A, Wimpenny, D, Muzangaza, E, Baxter, G & Chen, B 2019, 'A critical evaluation of the microstructural gradient along the build direction in electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy', Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, vol. 744, pp. 182-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.12.016

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