Fundamental study of in-situ strengthening and formation of continuous gradient titanium alloys via laser directed energy deposition

作者：Tai, Zhiheng; Yang, Yongqiang; Lv, Jiale; Zhou, Heng; Trofimov, Vyacheslav; Bi, Guijun; Long, Yu; Wang, Di^*

来源：Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T, 2023, 25: 7180-7191.

DOI：10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.07.131

• Laser directed energy deposition
• Continuous gradient materials
• In-situ synthesis
• TiN/Ti6Al4V

Current heterostructured materials have significant potential for improving the strengthductility trade-off, but the interfacial bonding capabilities are limited. In this research, composites with TiN/Ti6Al4V interlayer structure were in-situ synthesized by atmospheric remelting using laser directed energy deposition (LDED). The elemental diffusion, microstructure, and mechanical properties of TiN/Ti6Al4V interlayer structure composites were investigated. The mechanical properties of the composites were improved after nitrogen remelting due to the strengthening of internal TiN ceramic particles. The microhardness of TiN/Ti6Al4V composites increased by up to 209.8% to 1141 HV0.2, ultimate tensile strength by 6% and elongation by 34.5% to 1071.4 MPa and 15.6%, respectively. This research demonstrates that a flexible combination of the LDED process and reaction atmosphere can synthesize new periodic layered ceramic/metal composites with excellent mechanical properties. This research offers the groundwork for the fabrication of in-situ strengthening continuous gradient materials. & COPY; 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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  广西大学