Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and properties of selective laser melting TA15 alloy

Meng WANG, Linyu ZHAO, Xiwang LIU, Zhixuan CHEN, Liping ZHANG, Jun WU

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Journal of Materials Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (3) : 125-134. DOI: 10.11868/j.issn.1001-4381.2022.000965
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Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and properties of selective laser melting TA15 alloy

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To improve the comprehensive mechanical properties of selective laser melting (SLM) TA15 alloy, the microstructure and mechanical properties of SLM TA15 alloy are studied under annealing conditions of 800 ℃+air cooling, 950 ℃+air cooling, and 1050 ℃+air cooling. The microstructure characteristics of TA15 alloy under annealing conditions are characterized by electron backscatter diffraction. The results show that the orientation and texture of the α phase are not changed after the heat treatment at 800 ℃ or 950 ℃, showing the characteristics of a net basket structure. After the heat treatment at 1050 ℃, the texture with the maximum strength of 9.18 appears along the direction [0001], showing the characteristic of the weistenite structure. With the increase of annealing temperature: the width of both α' and α phase increases gradually; the aspect ratio of both α' and α phase increases first and then decreases; the geometrically necessary dislocation density of both α' and α phase decreases gradually; the Vickers hardness of the sample decreases first and then increases, with the highest Vickers hardness of (397.2±10)HV for the unheat treated sample; the strength of TA15 sample decreases gradually; and the elongation increases first and then decreases. After tensile tests, the unheat treated samples show mixed fracture characteristics, the samples treated at 800 ℃ and 900 ℃ show plastic fracture characteristics, and the sample treated at 1050 ℃ show brittle fracture characteristics.

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selective laser melting / heat treatment / TA15 / microstructure / mechanical property

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Meng WANG , Linyu ZHAO , Xiwang LIU , et al . Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and properties of selective laser melting TA15 alloy. Journal of Materials Engineering. 2025, 53(3): 125-134 https://doi.org/10.11868/j.issn.1001-4381.2022.000965

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