Alteration in the Phase Morphology of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Produced Using Directed Energy Deposition

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The alteration in phase morphology of Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated using directed energy deposition (DED) was investigated in this study. Owing to the fast cooling rate during DED, the specimen exhibited the diffusionless transformation products of martensite (α′) and massive (αm) phases. In the top layer, the α′ exhibited a needle-like morphology with the width of approximately 0.94 μm. Meanwhile, the αm presented a lamellar structure with α thickness of nearly 0.98 μm. In contrast, the morphology of α′ and αm started to decompose into α+β phase in the bottom layer. Furthermore, the hardness values increased with higher deposition layers. These phenomena could be explained by the effect of repetitive heating, as the nature of DED method during the depositing of new layers. Moreover, it was observed the α thickness of αm in the bottom layer was finer than that in the top layer due to the higher cooling rate.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 1000)

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