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Effect of laser remelting on microstructure and properties of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy prepared by laser powder bed fusion

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  • a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;

    b State Key Laboratory of Precision Blasting, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China

Online published: 2026-04-02

Abstract

Laser remelting (LR) was used as an auxiliary post-treatment process for the Ti6Al4V titanium alloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD) observations showed that the grains in melted zone (MZ) transformed into equiaxial grains with an average size of 1.31 μm, and the grains in heat affected zone (HAZ) were refined. Moreover, the texture intensity dropped significantly from 13.86 to 6.35 in MZ and 10.79 in HAZ. The temperature gradient (G) to solidification rate (R) ratio decreased when the laser scanning speed slowed down to a certain extent in the LR process, which effectively improved the highly preferred orientation and filled the hole defects in the surface of LPBF-Ti6Al4V. Furthermore, the hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of the surface of the LPBF samples were improved by LR treatment.

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Yue-yang LIU, Yang YANG, Xiang CHEN, Yu-xing ZHAN . Effect of laser remelting on microstructure and properties of Ti6Al4V titanium alloy prepared by laser powder bed fusion[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2026 , 36(2) : 488 -506 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(25)66977-9

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