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Dependence on Manufacturing Directions of Tensile Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of Selective Laser Melting Manufactured Inconel 625

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In the current study, the microstructure and anisotropic mechanical properties of Inconel 625 superalloy prepared by selective laser melting were studied. Due to the cube texture and small grain size, the samples printed along the horizontal direction show the highest strength and the lowest ductility compared to the diagonal and vertical samples. In addition, the various work-hardening behaviors have also been considered from the perspective of grain size and texture. The horizontal sample shows the highest strength with a severe work-hardening effect. The Schmid factor is calculated to identify hard- and soft-oriented grains and their different deformation response based on the electron backscatter diffraction. Finally, the failure mechanisms of the selective laser melted Inconel 625 superalloy with different manufacturing directions were discussed and evaluated.

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Acknowledgments

The work was supported by the National Natural Science Research Funds of China (No. 11832007, No.12172238, No. 12272245), National postdoctoral funds of China (No. 2019M653396), National key R & D Program (No. 2018YFE0307104), Applied Basic Research Programs of Sichuan Province (No. 2022NSFSC0324), the Sichuan University & ZiGong Government Support Program (No. 2019CDZG-4), and International Visiting Program for Excellent Young Scholars of SCU. The authors are sincerely grateful and supported by the fund of the State Key Laboratory of Long-life High-Temperature Materials (No. DECSKL202102).

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  2. Failure Mechanics and Engineering Disaster Prevention Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

    Meng Liu, Quanyi Wang, Yifan Cai, Hong Zhang, Yongjie Liu & Qingyuan Wang

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Liu, M., Wang, Q., Cai, Y. et al. Dependence on Manufacturing Directions of Tensile Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of Selective Laser Melting Manufactured Inconel 625. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 7488–7500 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07622-6

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