In situ transformations during SLM of an ultra-strong TiC reinforced Ti composite

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 10523 - 12
• Main Authors: Dadbakhsh, Sasan, Mertens, Raya, Vanmeensel, Kim, Ji, Gang, Kruth, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.06.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Series: Scientific Reports
• Subjects: 639/166/985; 639/301/357/551; Aluminum; Chemical Sciences; Condensed Matter; Crystal growth; Decomposition; Density; Ductility; Humanities and Social Sciences; Investigations; Lasers; Manufacturing; Material chemistry; Materials Science; Mechanical properties; Morphology; multidisciplinary; Orthopedics; Physics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Titanium alloys; Transplants & implants; Vanadium

This work demonstrates a successful in situ method capable of producing an ultra-strong novel Ti composite without aluminium and vanadium. In this method, selective laser melting is used to conduct in situ alloying and reinforcing of a Ti/10.5 wt% Mo 2 C powder mixture. It is shown that this leads t...