The study results of Professor WATANABE Yoshimi and Professor SATO Hisashi were published in Materials and highlighted on its website (as of October 2023)
Category：News｜Publishing : December 19, 2023
In metal additive manufacturing (3D printing) using the powder bed fusion method, it has been found that addition of heterogeneous nucleation site particles can refine the grain structure and improve the formability. This study has demonstrated that addition of TiC heterogeneous nucleation site particles into Ti-6Al-4V samples can improve the microstructure and strength.
Website containing the published article：Microstructure and Strength of Ti-6Al-4V Samples Additively Manufactured with TiC Heterogeneous Nucleation Site Particles
Related website：Materials | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
Watanabe&Sato lab.