Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technology was used to produce samples based on the Ti-6Al-4V alloy for biomedical applications. Solid-state phase transformations induced by thermal treatments were studied by neutron diffraction (ND), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Although, ND analysis is rather uncommon in such studies, this technique allowed evidencing the presence of retained beta in alpha' martensite of the as-produced (#AP) sample. The retained beta was not detectable by XRD analysis, nor by STEM observations. Martensite contains a high number of defects, mainly dislocations, that anneal during the thermal treatment. Element diffusion and partitioning are the main mechanisms in the alpha <-> beta transformation that causes lattice expansion during heating and determines the final shape and size of phases. The retained beta phase plays a key role in the alpha' -> beta transformation kinetics.

Solid-state phase transformations in thermally treated Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated via laser powder bed fusion / Mengucci, P.; Santecchia, E.; Gatto, A.; Bassoli, E.; Sola, A.; Sciancalepore, C.; Rutkowski, B.; Barucca, G.. - In: MATERIALS. - ISSN 1996-1944. - 12:18(2019), p. 2876. [10.3390/ma12182876]

Solid-state phase transformations in thermally treated Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated via laser powder bed fusion

Sciancalepore C.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technology was used to produce samples based on the Ti-6Al-4V alloy for biomedical applications. Solid-state phase transformations induced by thermal treatments were studied by neutron diffraction (ND), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Although, ND analysis is rather uncommon in such studies, this technique allowed evidencing the presence of retained beta in alpha' martensite of the as-produced (#AP) sample. The retained beta was not detectable by XRD analysis, nor by STEM observations. Martensite contains a high number of defects, mainly dislocations, that anneal during the thermal treatment. Element diffusion and partitioning are the main mechanisms in the alpha <-> beta transformation that causes lattice expansion during heating and determines the final shape and size of phases. The retained beta phase plays a key role in the alpha' -> beta transformation kinetics.
2019
Solid-state phase transformations in thermally treated Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated via laser powder bed fusion / Mengucci, P.; Santecchia, E.; Gatto, A.; Bassoli, E.; Sola, A.; Sciancalepore, C.; Rutkowski, B.; Barucca, G.. - In: MATERIALS. - ISSN 1996-1944. - 12:18(2019), p. 2876. [10.3390/ma12182876]
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