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Aging Behavior of High-Strength Al Alloy 2618 Produced by Selective Laser Melting

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High Si-bearing Al alloys are commonly used in additive manufacturing, but they have moderate mechanical properties. New high-strength compositions are necessary to spread the use of additively manufactured Al parts for heavy-duty structural applications. This work focuses on the microstructure, mechanical behavior, and aging response of an Al alloy 2618 processed by selective laser melting. Calorimetric analysis, electron microscopy, and compression tests were performed in order to correlate the mechanical properties with the peculiar microstructure induced by laser melting and thermal treatments

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    Riccardo Casati, Jannis Nicolas Lemke, Adrianni Zanatta Alarcon & Maurizio Vedani

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Casati, R., Lemke, J.N., Alarcon, A.Z. et al. Aging Behavior of High-Strength Al Alloy 2618 Produced by Selective Laser Melting. Metall Mater Trans A 48, 575–579 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3883-y

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