{"title":"Influence of laser power during laser powder bed fusion on the structure and properties of Al-40Sn alloy prepared from a mixture of elemental powders","authors":"N.M. Rusin, K.O. Akimov, A.L. Skorentsev, A.I. Dmitriev","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.178648","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The work examines structural features of Al-40Sn alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). The alloy is synthesized from a mixture of commercial powders of ASD-1 grade aluminum and PO 2 grade tin. The power of the laser beam (<em>P</em>) varies from 30 to 170 W in steps of 20 W, and the beam scanning speed is 1200 mm/s. The macroscopic structure of the synthesized specimens is represented by layers of different thicknesses, which are composed of large regions with thin tin-rich boundaries. These regions, in turn, consist of smaller regions differing in the orientation of the constituent Al dendrites, which are separated by thin tin interlayers. With increasing laser power, aluminum grains and their tin interlayers grow in size from 3–5 μm to 10–15 μm at <em>P</em> ≥ 130 W. Coarsening of the alloy structure causes a slight decrease in strength and an increase in ductility. The compression strength of the synthesized Al-40Sn alloy is 90–102 MPa.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"1013 ","pages":"Article 178648"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838825002063","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The work examines structural features of Al-40Sn alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). The alloy is synthesized from a mixture of commercial powders of ASD-1 grade aluminum and PO 2 grade tin. The power of the laser beam (P) varies from 30 to 170 W in steps of 20 W, and the beam scanning speed is 1200 mm/s. The macroscopic structure of the synthesized specimens is represented by layers of different thicknesses, which are composed of large regions with thin tin-rich boundaries. These regions, in turn, consist of smaller regions differing in the orientation of the constituent Al dendrites, which are separated by thin tin interlayers. With increasing laser power, aluminum grains and their tin interlayers grow in size from 3–5 μm to 10–15 μm at P ≥ 130 W. Coarsening of the alloy structure causes a slight decrease in strength and an increase in ductility. The compression strength of the synthesized Al-40Sn alloy is 90–102 MPa.
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The Journal of Alloys and Compounds is intended to serve as an international medium for the publication of work on solid materials comprising compounds as well as alloys. Its great strength lies in the diversity of discipline which it encompasses, drawing together results from materials science, solid-state chemistry and physics.