Author Affiliations
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning 110870, China2National Key Laboratory for Modern Materials Surface Engineering Technology, Key Laboratory of Guangdong for Modern Surface Engineering Technology, Guangdong Institute of New Materials, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510651, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Ni powder. (a) Ni solid sample; (b) laser selection melting scanning strategy
Fig. 2. Ni powder. (a) Pure Ni particle size distribution; (b) pure Ni powder
Fig. 3. Effect of line energy density on surface roughness
Fig. 4. Effect of laser line energy density and scanning distance on block density. (a) Laser line energy density; (b) hatch distance
Fig. 5. Principle of track overlap
Fig. 6. Microstructure of the sample under the different laser energy densities.(a)192.7 J/m;(b)(c) 244.8 J/m;(d) 296.9 J/m
Fig. 7. Sample phase analysis. (a) Ni powder, X-Y plane, and Y-Z plane; (b) (111) peak; (c) (200) peak; (d) (220) peak
Fig. 8. Y-Z and X-Y plane morphology of SLM formed Ni under OM and SEM. (a)(b) Y-Z plane under OM; (c)(d) X-Y plane under OM; (e) Y-Z plane under SEM;(f) X-Y plane under SEM
Fig. 9. Hardness of the sample under different energy densities. (a)Y-Z plane ;(b) X-Y plane
Fig. 10. Mechanical performance results. (a) Dimension of the tensile samples; (b) Stress-strain curve of the optimal process Ni sample
Fig. 11. Tensile fracture of SLM sample under the best parameter
Fig. 12. Polarization curves of nickel electrodes under the different energy densities
Sample | Laser power /W | Scanning speed /(mm·s-1) | Hatch distance /mm |
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a1-a5 | 185 | 760-1160 | 0.11 | b1-b5 | 235 | 760-1160 | 0.11 | c1-c5 | 285 | 760-1160 | 0.11 |
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Table 1. Experimental scheme
Material | Purity /% | Average particlesize /μm | Powderfluidity /(s·g-1) | Bulk density /(g·cm-3) | Tap density /(g·cm-3) | Powdermorphology |
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Ni | 99.9 | 27.2 | 23.94 | 4.71 | 5.51 | Spherical |
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Table 2. Characteristics of raw powder materials used in the experiment