Melting Can Hinder Impact-Induced Adhesion

Melting has long been used to join metallic materials, from welding to selective laser melting in additive manufacturing. In the same school of thought, localized melting has been generally perceived as an advantage, if not the main mechanism, for the adhesion of metallic microparticles to substrate...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 119; no. 17; p. 175701
Main Authors Hassani-Gangaraj, Mostafa, Veysset, David, Nelson, Keith A, Schuh, Christopher A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 27.10.2017
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Summary:Melting has long been used to join metallic materials, from welding to selective laser melting in additive manufacturing. In the same school of thought, localized melting has been generally perceived as an advantage, if not the main mechanism, for the adhesion of metallic microparticles to substrates during a supersonic impact. Here, we conduct the first in situ supersonic impact observations of individual metallic microparticles aimed at the explicit study of melting effects. Counterintuitively, we find that under at least some conditions melting is disadvantageous and hinders impact-induced adhesion. In the parameter space explored, i.e., ∼10  μm particle size and ∼1  km/s particle velocity, we argue that the solidification time is much longer than the residence time of the particle on the substrate, so that resolidification cannot be a significant factor in adhesion.
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.175701