About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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    | Symposium 
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    Additive Manufacturing: Solid-State Phase Transformations and Microstructural Evolution
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    | Presentation Title | 
    Tailoring Microstructure of Selective Laser Melted TiAl-alloy with In-situ Heat Treatment via Multiple Laser Exposure | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Igor  Polozov, Artem  Kantyukov, Anatoly  Popovich, Vera  Popovich | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Vera  Popovich | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
Intermetallic titanium aluminide (TiAl) alloys are considered as attractive materials for high temperature applications in aerospace, automotive and energy industries. Additive manufacturing is a promising way of producing complex TiAl-alloy parts, however it still remains challenging due to brittleness of the alloy. While high-temperature preheating can mitigate cracking during selective laser melting, the microstructure of TiAl-alloys still needs to be optimized to achieve better mechanical performance. In this work, multiple laser exposures were used during selective laser melting of TiAl-based alloy to tailor its microstructure. Applying additional laser exposure of up to 20 times per layer induced an in-situ heat treatment, which allowed to modify volume fraction and size of different phases. Microstructure, phase and chemical compositions, and hardness of TiAl-alloys were investigated with regards to a number of laser exposures during the selective laser melting process. | 
  
   
    | Proceedings Inclusion? | 
    Planned:  | 
  
 
    | Keywords | 
    Additive Manufacturing,  |