レーザ粉末床溶融結合法によるAl-12%Si合金積層造形体の固溶Si濃度の熱処理に伴う変化

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We have investigated microstructural characteristics and solute Si element in the α-Al (fcc) matrix of Al-12%Si binary alloy additive-manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) process in terms of different locations in the melt-pool structure (inside melt-pool or around melt-pool boundaries). Their variations by post heat-treatments at various temperatures were examined. The fraction of Si phase and lattice parameter of α-Al phase were quantified by XRD measurements combined with sample rotation and oscillation systems. In the L-PBF manufactured sample, the columnar α-Al phases contained highly concentrated Si element in solution (above 3 mol%) inside melt-pools, whereas the measured Si content was approximately 2 mol% in the relatively coarsened α-Al phase along melt-pool boundaries. The location dependence of solute Si content would be associated with a continuous change in growth rate of solid phase in solidification by local heating in the L-PBF process. The solute Si content was significantly reduced by heat-treatments and its location dependence appeared less pronounced. The as-manufactured sample exhibited a lower lattice parameter of α-Al phase with concentrated Si in solution in comparison with the heat-treated samples. The fraction of Si phase became higher in the heat-treated samples. These results were rationalized by microstructural change at elevated temperatures.