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Effect of Volumetric Energy Density on Microstructure and Properties of Grade 300 Maraging Steel Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

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This study investigated the effect of laser powder bed fusion process parameters on the microstructure and properties of maraging steel. The results show that the process parameters can be finetuned to achieve both a high build rate/low hardness and low build rate/high hardness during fabrication, enabling the co-design of components where property gradients are desirable such as an injection molding tool where surface hardness is desired to be higher than the bulk, which needs to have higher fracture toughness.

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R.K. acknowledges Dr. Gerry Knapp of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for discussions on texture evolution. Research was performed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. Research was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office.

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    Rangasayee Kannan, Fred List III & Chase Joslin

  2. Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, USA

    Andres Marquez Rossy & Peeyush Nandwana

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Kannan, R., List, F., Joslin, C. et al. Effect of Volumetric Energy Density on Microstructure and Properties of Grade 300 Maraging Steel Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Metall Mater Trans A 54, 1062–1069 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-023-06969-2

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