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Mechanical Property Evaluation of a SLMed Martensitic Stainless Steel

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A martensitic stainless steel AISI420 fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) and post-processed by austenitizing and tempering heat treatment was investigated in this study. The as-fabricated SLMed AISI420 showed a strong mechanical property anisotropy and low ductility in the longitudinal direction. Detailed microstructural characterization revealed the presence of austenite and a relatively sharp solidification texture in the as-fabricated state, while the sharp texture was considered as the cause for the mechanical property anisotropy. In contrast, a fully martensitic microstructure with a very weak texture was achieved after the austenitizing and tempering heat treatment. The mechanical property anisotropy was also fully eliminated, witnessing a significant improvement in the ductility, and thus, comparable mechanical performance with the wrought product was achieved in this study.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFB1106100), the Shanghai Science and Technology Talents Program Fund (No. 19XD1431600) and the Shanghai Research Center of Complex Metal Parts by Additive Manufacturing (No. 14DZ2253600).

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  1. Yun Shi and Xiaojing Xiong have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Shanghai Aerospace Equipments Manufacturer Co., Ltd, Shanghai, 200245, China

    Yun Shi & Zhengwu Liu

  2. Shanghai Research Center of Complex Metal Parts by Additive Manufacturing, Shanghai, 200245, China

    Yun Shi & Zhengwu Liu

  3. Monash (Suzhou) Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Xiaojing Xiong

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Yi Yang, Juan Hou, Songquan Wu & Kai Zhang

  5. Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia

    Jeremy H. Rao

  6. Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing (MCAM), Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Kai Zhang & Aijun Huang

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Shi, Y., Xiong, X., Liu, Z. et al. Mechanical Property Evaluation of a SLMed Martensitic Stainless Steel. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 33, 1466–1476 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-020-01128-7

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