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Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Selective Laser Melted Inconel 718 Alloy

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The microstructure characteristics of the selective laser melted Inconel 718 alloy under as-deposited, homogenization + solution + aging (HSA) and solution + aging (SA) conditions were studied. The anisotropy and heterogeneity of mechanical properties under different conditions were also investigated. Under the as-deposited condition, the morphology and size of the grains are heterogeneous. The dendrite structures which grow nearly perpendicular to the molten pool traces, accompanying interdendritic Laves phase, can be observed within the grains. The dendrite structure completely disappeared, and the Laves phases embedded in the interdendritic regions also dissolved into the matrix to precipitate γ′ and γ″ phases after heat treatments. Fully recrystallized grains were obtained under the HSA condition, while only incomplete recrystallized grains were obtained under the SA condition. However, the characteristics of γ′ and γ″ phases are very similar under the HSA and SA conditions. Significant improvement in strength after heat treatments was due to the dissolution of undesirable Laves phase and the precipitation of γ′ and γ″ phases. For all the three conditions, different tensile properties were observed depending on the orientation of the specimens. The scatter of mechanical properties is notable, and heat treatments increased the scatter of mechanical properties.

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This work was supported by Supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB0305100) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 21618325).

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    Qiang Zhang, Pan Ren, Xiaohui Tu, Xiaojian Wang & Wei Li

  2. Shenzhen Sunshine Laser and Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, 518051, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

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Zhang, Q., Ren, P., Tu, X. et al. Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Selective Laser Melted Inconel 718 Alloy. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 28, 5376–5386 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04309-3

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