Abstract Selective laser melting (SLM), as a rapidly developed layer-by-layer 3D printing technology, has been demonstrated that it can be used for additive manufacturing of multi-materials. In this work, TiB2/Ti6Al4V… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Selective laser melting (SLM), as a rapidly developed layer-by-layer 3D printing technology, has been demonstrated that it can be used for additive manufacturing of multi-materials. In this work, TiB2/Ti6Al4V multi-materials were manufactured by SLM. The results showed that interfacial microstructures consisting of un-melted TiB2 powders, columnar TiB crystals, and acicular TiB crystals were formed in the molten pool. Meanwhile, a variation nanohardness was developed with chemical compositions at the interfacial regions, owing to an in-situ reaction of Ti and TiB2. The first-principle calculations were used to reveal the axial growth of TiB crystals as well as the different hardness of this system.
               
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