• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 55, Issue 5, 051405 (2018)
Rongxia Chai*, Kaikai Li, Wei Guo, and Xiurong Fang
Author Affiliations
  • School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP55.051405 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Rongxia Chai, Kaikai Li, Wei Guo, Xiurong Fang. Effect of Heat Treatment Process on Microstructures and Properties of 304 Stainless Steel Cladding Layers[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(5): 051405 Copy Citation Text show less
    Morphology of 304 stainless steel power
    Fig. 1. Morphology of 304 stainless steel power
    Schematic of laser additive manufacturing process
    Fig. 2. Schematic of laser additive manufacturing process
    Schematic of heat treatment process
    Fig. 3. Schematic of heat treatment process
    Schematic of tensile specimen
    Fig. 4. Schematic of tensile specimen
    Microstructures of cladding layers of different specimens. (a) 0#; (b) 1#; (c) 2#; (d) 3#; (e) 5#
    Fig. 5. Microstructures of cladding layers of different specimens. (a) 0#; (b) 1#; (c) 2#; (d) 3#; (e) 5#
    XRD patterns of cladding layers
    Fig. 6. XRD patterns of cladding layers
    Stress-strain curves
    Fig. 7. Stress-strain curves
    Fracture morphology of 0# specimen
    Fig. 8. Fracture morphology of 0# specimen
    Fracture morphology of 2# specimen
    Fig. 9. Fracture morphology of 2# specimen
    Fracture morphology of 5# specimen
    Fig. 10. Fracture morphology of 5# specimen
    Microhardness curves
    Fig. 11. Microhardness curves
    ElementCMnPSSiCrNi
    Value≤0.08≤2.00≤0.045≤0.03≤1.0018.0-20.08.0-11.0
    Table 1. Chemical compositions of 304 stainless steel powder (mass fraction, %)
    Sample No.Solution treatmenttemperature /℃Solution treatmenttime /hAnnealingtemperature /℃Annealingtime /h
    1#9500.56501.5
    2#9501.06501.5
    3#9501.56501.5
    4#9500.58001.5
    5#9501.08001.5
    6#9501.58001.5
    0#----
    Table 2. Heat treatment process parameters
    SampleNo.Average tensilestrength /MPaExtensibility /%Reduction ofarea /%
    1#285.211.619.1
    2#506.817.023.1
    3#409.611.919.2
    4#456.512.518.0
    5#305.112.821.7
    6#309.615.021.0
    0#323.411.113.8
    Table 3. Results of tensile test
    Rongxia Chai, Kaikai Li, Wei Guo, Xiurong Fang. Effect of Heat Treatment Process on Microstructures and Properties of 304 Stainless Steel Cladding Layers[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(5): 051405
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