| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing: Length-Scale Phenomena in Mechanical Response
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| Presentation Title |
A-53: The Investigation of Copper Alloy Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting |
| Author(s) |
Kangwei Chen, Simon Ringer, Keita Nomoto |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Kangwei Chen |
| Abstract Scope |
Copper and its alloys can achieve outstanding thermal and electrical conductivities, which is of great interest as a critical platform technology in the electrification revolution. Additive manufacturing (AM) offers not only the opportunity for complex build parts design due to its high degrees of freedom in the fabrication process, but also the potential to improve mechanical strengths, maintaining superior conductivity. While progress has been made in additively manufactured copper alloys, the microstructure-mechanical property-conductivity relationships remain unknown. In this study, we characterize metal powders to develop a rigorous methodology via microscopy and microanalysis techniques for quantifying copper alloy powder microstructure, connecting it to the microstructure and property of build material produced by laser powder bed fusion. Furthermore, we correlate the microstructure-mechanical property-conductivity relationships with the fabrication process toward developing advanced copper alloys with excellent structural and functional properties. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Copper / Nickel / Cobalt, Characterization |