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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

The Use of Selective Laser Melting to Increase the Performance of AlSi₉Cu₃Fe Alloy.

Michaela Fousova, Drahomir Dvorsky, Marek Vronka, Dalibor Vojtech, Pavel Lejcek

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Michaela FousovaDepartment of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic. fousovam@vscht.cz.
Drahomir DvorskyDepartment of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic. dvorskyd@vscht.cz.
Marek VronkaInstitute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR), Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic. vronka@fzu.cz.ORCID 0000-0001-8270-5386
Dalibor VojtechDepartment of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic. vojtechd@vscht.cz.
Pavel LejcekInstitute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR), Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic. lejcekp@fzu.cz.

Funding

Grantová Agentura České Republiky P108/12/G043Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy LM2015087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the first time, the comprehensive characterization of the additively manufactured AlSi₉Cu₃Fe alloy is reported in this paper. Conventionally, the AlSi₉Cu₃(Fe) alloy is prepared by high-pressure die casting (HPDC), but this technology largely does not offer such opportunities as additive manufacturing (AM) does, especially in the design of new lightweight parts. In the present paper, testing samples were prepared by selective laser melting (SLM), one of the AM technologies, and characterized in terms of their microstructure (by means of light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy in combination with analytical techniques for evaluation of chemical and phase composition) and mechanical properties (static tension, compression, and hardness). All the characteristics were compared with the HPDC reference material. Our study showed an excellent improvement both in strength (374 ± 11 MPa compared to 257 ± 17 MPa) and plasticity (1.9 ± 0.2% compared to 1.2 ± 0.5%) of the material thanks to its very fine and distinctive microstructure.

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additive manufacturingAlSi9Cu3(Fe)aluminum alloyselective laser melting

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PMID30304839
PMCPMC6213770

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