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The Influence of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Properties of 17-4PH Stainless Steel Fabricated of Hot Wire Laser Additive Manufacturing |
ZHANG Pengde, LI Guang*, LIU Yupeng, SHI Yu*
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State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China |
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Abstract The high temperature gradients and interlayer cyclic heating effects inherent in the laser additive manufacturing (LAM) process result in significant anisotropy in both grain growth and mechanical properties of the deposited material. Consequently, it is imperative to employ heat treatment to refine the microstructure and tailor the mechanical properties of LAM-fabricated components. The microstructure, phase composition, hardness and tensile properties of 17-4PH stainless steel made by hot wire laser additive after heat treatment were analyzed in this work. The results showed that 17-4PH stainless steel original state organization for bulky columnar lath martensite and a small amount of intergranular fine cellular austenitic. After heat treatment with H900, the martensite grains are refined, and the anisotropy of grain growth is weakened, and fine carbonized precipitates are precipitated. After H1025 heat treatment, the martensite grains become coarser, and fine reverse-transformed austenite is distributed along grain boundaries and within grains. After heat treatment, the mechanical properties of LAM sample are better than those of wrought sample. The tensile strength of LAM 17-4PH stainless steel increases from 1 108 MPa to 1 506 MPa under the condition of H900. The tensile strength and yield strength of LAM 17-4PH stainless steel are 11% and 15% higher than those of wrought stainless steel, respectively, and the hardness reaches to 448HV. The precipitation of carbides in martensitic matrix and the strengthening effect of grain refinement improve the strength synergically, and the retrograde austenite increases the plastic toughness of 17-4PH stainless steel.
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Published: 10 August 2025
Online: 2025-08-13
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