Selective laser melting of bulk immiscible alloy with enhanced strength: Heterogeneous microstructure and deformation mechanisms
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Journal of Materials Science & Technology
Volume
104
First Page
81
Last Page
87
Publisher
Elsevier
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
40642
Funders
MOE Key Lab of Disaster Forecast and Control in Engineering in Jinan University
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation
Abstract
To overcome the dimension limits of immiscible alloys produced by traditional techniques and enhance their mechanical properties, bulk Cu-Fe-based immiscible alloy with abundant nanotwins and stacking faults was successfully produced by selective laser melting (SLM). The SLM-produced bulk immiscible alloy displays a heterogeneous microstructure characterized by micro-scaled γ-Fe particles dispersed in fine ε-Cu matrix with a high fraction (∼92%) of high-angle grain boundaries. Interestingly, abundant nanotwins and stacking faults are generated in the interior of nano-scaled γ-Fe particles embedded within ε-Cu matrix. The heterogeneous interface of soft domains (ε-Cu) and hard domains (γ-Fe) not only induces the geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs) but also affects the dislocation propagation during plastic deformation. Therefore, the bimodal heterogeneous interface, and the resistance of nanotwins and stacking faults to the propagation of partial dislocation make the bulk immiscible alloy exhibit an enhanced strength of ∼590 MPa and a good ductility of ∼8.9%.
DOI
10.1016/j.jmst.2021.06.062
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Zhou, S., Xie, M., Wu, C., Yi, Y., Chen, D., & Zhang, L. C. (2022). Selective laser melting of bulk immiscible alloy with enhanced strength: Heterogeneous microstructure and deformation mechanisms. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 104, 81-87.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2021.06.062