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Tensile properties of laser additive manufactured Inconel 718 using filler wire

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A 5 kW continuous wave fiber laser welding system was used to deposit INCONEL® alloy 718 (IN718) on service-exposed IN718 parent metal (PM) substrates using filler wire addition. The microstructure of the deposits was characterized in the fully heat treated condition. The service-exposed IN718 PM and the direct laser deposited (DLD) specimens were then evaluated through room temperature tensile testing. The yield and tensile strengths were well above the minimum values, as defined in the aerospace specifications AMS 5596K and 5663M. However, the ductility at room temperature of the DLD and DLD-PM samples was slightly lower than that specified in AMS 5596K and 5663M. The tensile fracture surfaces of the service-exposed IN718 PM, DLD, and DLD-PM specimens were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the tensile failure mechanisms are discussed in detail, particularly for the important roles of the secondary particles (MC carbides) and intermetallics (platelet Ni3Nb-δ and Laves phases).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to X. Pelletier and E. Poirier for the preparation of the laser deposited IN718 coupons and their technical support for metallographic preparation. The following statement pertains only to authors X. Cao, Y.-N. Zhang and P. Wanjara: Published with permission of the Crown in Right of Canada, i.e., the Government of Canada.

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    Yi-Nan Zhang, Xinjin Cao & Priti Wanjara

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada

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Zhang, YN., Cao, X., Wanjara, P. et al. Tensile properties of laser additive manufactured Inconel 718 using filler wire. Journal of Materials Research 29, 2006–2020 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.199

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