About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing: Process-induced Microstructures and Defects
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Presentation Title |
Elimination of Solidification and Strain-Age Cracking Through Inoculation-Induced Grain Refinement in IN738 |
Author(s) |
Daniel McConville, Ben Rafferty, Jeremy Iten, Kevin Eckes, Stan Baldwin, Amy Clarke, Jonah Klemm-Toole |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Daniel McConville |
Abstract Scope |
Solidification cracking and strain-age cracking have hindered the broad use of many precipitation hardened Ni-based alloys, including IN738, in PBF-LB additive manufacturing. The presence of solidification cracking can generally be evaluated in the as-built condition, but strain-age cracking can be more challenging to evaluate due to its dependence on post build heat treatment conditions. In the present study, inoculation has been employed to induce grain refinement in the as-built microstructure. Both solidification and strain-age cracking have been eliminated through controlling the concentration and type of inoculant added in a variety of sample geometries and post-build heat treatment conditions. The results of this study are compared to existing additive manufacturing and welding literature regarding strain-age cracking, and possibilities for applying grain refinement to address cracking in other alloy systems is discussed. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
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Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Copper / Nickel / Cobalt, High-Temperature Materials |