TY - JOUR A1 - Schröder, Jakob A1 - Mishurova, Tatiana A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar A1 - Evans, Alexander A1 - Sprengel, Maximilian A1 - Klaus, M. A1 - Genzel, C. A1 - Schneider, J. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - On the influence of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical behavior of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 JF - Materials Science & Engineering A N2 - A range of heat treatments have been developed for wrought Inconel 718 to obtain desired properties. For additively manufactured Inconel 718, the recently developed standard ASTM F3301 provides guidance for heat treatment of powder bed fusion specimens. Although this standard is based on standards developed for wrought Inconel 718, it does not include direct aging. Since direct aging reduces the number of processing steps, it can result in a post processing cost reduction if the desired properties are obtained. In this study, we characterized the microstructure and tensile behavior of Inconel 718 specimens produced by a laser powder bed fusion process. The specimens were heat treated according to two different routines after stress relieving: a full heat Treatment versus a one-step direct aging process. Differences in the resulting texture and grain morphology were observed. The ex-situ stress-strain behavior was broadly similar. However, a slight increase in yield strength was observed for the direct aged specimen. In order to understand this behavior, investigations with in-situ synchrotron Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction tensile testing revealed differences in the load partitioning among different Crystal directions. Importantly, the elastic anisotropy expressed by the magnitude of the diffraction elastic constants showed a dependency on the microstructures. KW - Electron microscopy KW - X-ray analysis KW - Inconel 718 KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Mechanical behavior KW - Diffraction elastic constants PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140555 VL - 805 SP - 40555 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-52142 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laquai, René A1 - Müller, Bernd R. A1 - Schneider, J. A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Using SXRR to Probe the Nature of Discontinuities in SLM Additive Manufactured Inconel 718 Specimens JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A N2 - The utilization of additive manufacturing (AM) to fabricate robust structural components relies on understanding the nature of internal anomalies or discontinuities, which can compromise the structural integrity. While some discontinuities in AM microstructures stem from similar mechanisms as observed in more traditional processes such as casting, others are unique to the AM process. Discontinuities in AM are challenging to detect, due to their submicron size and orientation dependency. Toward the goal of improving structural integrity, minimizing discontinuities in an AM build requires an understanding of the mechanisms of formation to mitigate their occurrence. This study utilizes various techniques to evaluate the shape, size, nature and distribution of discontinuities in AM Inconel 718, in a non-hot isostatic pressed (HIPed) as-built, non-HIPed and direct age, and HIPed with two step age samples. Non-destructive synchrotron radiation refraction and transmission radiography (SXRR) provides additional information beyond that obtained with destructive optical microscopy. SXRR was able to distinguish between voids, cracks and lack of melt in, due to its sensitivity to the orientation of the discontinuity. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - X-ray refraction radiography KW - INCONEL 718 KW - Selective laser melting PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-509836 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-05847-5 SN - 1543-1940 VL - 51 IS - 8 SP - 4146 EP - 4157 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-50983 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -