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Tensile Properties of Additively Manufactured C-18150 Copper Alloys

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The effect of aging processes on the tensile properties of C-18150 copper alloy samples, made by laser powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing (AM) process with three different fabrication orientations (horizontal, angled, and vertical to the build direction), are investigated. For the as-fabricated C-18150 AM parts, horizontal and angled fabrication directions result in marginally better tensile strengths and much improved strain-to-failure values than those of vertically built AM parts. After the aging treatment, tensile strength can be significantly enhanced with a sacrifice of the strain-to-failure value. Moreover, the highest tensile strength is achieved by treating the as-fabricated samples at an aging temperature of 500 °C for 2 h. At 800 °F (427 °C), both tensile strength and ductility are smaller than low temperature values (room temperature and 400 °F/ 204 °C). Phase constituents, microstructure, and composition distribution of the AM parts are characterized to gain insight into the measured tensile properties.

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This work is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Cooperative Agreement numbers 80NSSC19M0079, 80NSSC19M0149 and 80NSSC20M0149 (CFDA Number 43.008). The use of instruments housed within the LSU Shared Instrumentation Facilities (SIF), a part of LAMDA (Grant Number NSF #OIA-1946231) Core User Facilities, is acknowledged. The L-PBF samples are prepared by Moog (www.moog.com).

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Zeng, C., Wen, H., Bernard, B.C. et al. Tensile Properties of Additively Manufactured C-18150 Copper Alloys. Met. Mater. Int. 28, 168–180 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-021-01052-0

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