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| Microstructure and Compression Properties of Ti-6Al-4V-0.5B Alloy Prepared by Selective Laser Melting |
| WANG Liqing1,2,*, LI Yunlong1, MA Kai1, ZHANG Zhen1, ZHAO Zhanyong1, BAI Peikang1
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1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China 2 China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Fenxi Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Taiyuan 030027, China |
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Abstract For coarse columnar prior-β-Ti grains in Ti-6Al-4V (TC4) alloy formed by selective laser melting (SLM), this study developed a SLM-formed TC4-0.5B alloy with a mixed grain structure. The influence of laser power and scanning rate on the microstructure and compression properties of TC4-0.5B alloy was studied. The results showed that the mixed grain structure of TC4-0.5B alloy exhibited equiaxed prior-β-Ti grains with a size of about 5 μm at the edge of the melt pool, and columnar prior-β-Ti grains with a width of about 2 μm at the center of the melt pool. In addition, the in-situ reaction of Ti+B in the melt pool generates needle-like or network-like TiB distributed at the grain boundaries of prior-β-Ti grains. The increase in laser power has little effect on the morphology and microstructure of the melt pool, resulting in no significant changes in the compressive strength, yield strength and fracture strain of the alloy, which remain at 1 729—1 767 MPa, 1 331—1 347 MPa, and 10%—12%, respectively. As the scanning rate increases, the size of the melt pool decreases and the proportion of equiaxed grains increases, resulting in an increase in the compressive strength of the alloy from 1 760 MPa to 1 837 MPa and yield strength from 1 331 MPa to 1 472 MPa, respectively, while the fracture strain decreases from 11% to 8%.
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Published: 25 January 2026
Online: 2026-01-27
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