This study focused on the mechanical properties and microstructure of fiber laser-welded joints of Ta-10W alloy manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM) and rolled. In the SLMed base material side of the weld, columnar grains were formed along the weld, extending up to half of the weld width. The base material’s anisotropy influenced the subgrain morphology, and grain orientation changed after welding. When the building direction of the SLMed Ta-10W was perpendicular to the welding direction, slender columnar subgrains were prone to forming in the SLM side weld. In contrast, when the building direction was parallel to the welding direction, equiaxed subgrains tended to form in the weld. In the rolling base material side weld, mainly equiaxed grains were formed, with subgrain morphology and orientation randomly distributed. In the weld center, fine-grain zones of 10–20 μm, comprising fine grains of 2–5 μm diameter, were observed in all welds under study. Room-temperature tensile strengths of both welds were approximately 620 MPa, falling between the strengths of the two base materials. Their fracture surfaces displayed a mixed mode of cleavage and intergranular fracture. High-temperature strengths of rolled-SLMed joints varied with SLM directions X and Z, reaching 124.94 and 107.87 MPa, respectively, and exhibiting similar fracture characteristics dominated by intergranular fracture.
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July 22 2024
Microstructure and properties of SLMed Ta-10W and rolled Ta-10W fiber laser welded joint
Xin Du
;
Xin Du
(Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft)
1
Intelligent Photon Manufacturing Research Center, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology
, Beijing 100124, China
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Qiang Wu
;
Qiang Wu
a)
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
1
Intelligent Photon Manufacturing Research Center, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology
, Beijing 100124, China
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Tong Zhang
;
Tong Zhang
(Formal analysis, Visualization)
1
Intelligent Photon Manufacturing Research Center, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology
, Beijing 100124, China
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Mingfu Wang
;
Mingfu Wang
a)
(Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing)
2
Science and Technology on Scramjet Laboratory, Beijing Power Machinery Institute
, Beijing 100074, China
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Jingmin Chen
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Jingmin Chen
(Formal analysis, Resources)
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Science and Technology on Scramjet Laboratory, Beijing Power Machinery Institute
, Beijing 100074, China
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Jianglin Zou
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Jianglin Zou
(Resources, Writing – review & editing)
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Intelligent Photon Manufacturing Research Center, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology
, Beijing 100124, China
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Rongshi Xiao
Rongshi Xiao
(Resources, Supervision)
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Intelligent Photon Manufacturing Research Center, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology
, Beijing 100124, China
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a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; electronic addresses: jlwuqiang@bjut.edu.cn and mingfuwang31@163.com
J. Laser Appl. 36, 032020 (2024)
Article history
Received:
April 26 2024
Accepted:
July 02 2024
Citation
Xin Du, Qiang Wu, Tong Zhang, Mingfu Wang, Jingmin Chen, Jianglin Zou, Rongshi Xiao; Microstructure and properties of SLMed Ta-10W and rolled Ta-10W fiber laser welded joint. J. Laser Appl. 1 August 2024; 36 (3): 032020. https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0001410
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