Impact of grain orientation and phase on Volta potential differences in an additively manufactured titanium alloy.

ABSTRACT: This work introduces a method for co-localized multi-modal imaging of sub-μm features in an additively manufactured (AM) titanium alloy. Ti-6Al-4V parts manufactured by electron beam melting powder bed fusion were subjected to hot isostatic pressing to seal internal porosity and machined to remove contour-hatch interfaces. Electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy-based techniques (electron backscatter diffraction and scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy) were used to measure and categorize the effects of crystallographic texture, misorientation, and phase content on the relative differences in the Volta potential of α-Ti and β-Ti phases. Given the tunability of additive manufacturing processes, recommendations for texture and phase control are discussed. In particular, our finding

SUBMITTER: Benzing JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8272250 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature