Microstructure and mechanical properties of 2%TiBw/TA15 composite formed by selected laser melting
In this paper,selective laser melting(SLM)was used to prepare in situ 2%TiBw/TA15 titanium matrix composites in this work,the influences of laser power and scanning speed on the microstructure,room-temperature and high-temperature mechanical properties were studied,and the strengthening mechanism was revealed.The results show that there exist keyholes in the 2%TiBw/TA15,the number of which increases with the decrease of laser power and the increase of scanning speed.2%TiBw/TA15 is composed of the original β columnar grains and fine lamellar α phase.TiB whisker disperse.Tensile performance test shows that the tensile strength of 2%TiBw/TA15 decreases with the increase of laser power and increases with the increase of scanning speed.The maximum tensile strength of 2%TiBw/TA15 at room temperature is 1337.8 MPa,is 15.1%higher than that of SLM-TA15 alloy.The highest 600℃tensile strength is 651.1 MPa,which is 10.1%higher than SLM-TA15 alloy.The highest Vickers hardness of the composite is 403.21HV,which is significantly higher than that of SLM-TA15(345.3HV).The main strengthening mechanisms of 2%TiBw/TA15 composite are load transfer strengthening,thermal mismatch strengthening and grain refinement strengthening.