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. 2014 Jun 19;4:5357. doi: 10.1038/srep05357

Table 1. Fabricating a Ti-6Al-4V to V Gradient Alloy – Run log showing the manufacture of a gradient alloy using a blend of 325 mesh Ti-6Al-4V powder and pure V powder. The building power was 600 W, each layer is 0.38 mm thick and the total build time was 585 minutes.

Layers % vol Ti-6Al-4V % vol V g/min Ti-6Al-4V g/min V
0–28 100% 0% 2.10 0.00
29–33 97% 3% 2.04 0.08
34–38 94% 6% 1.97 0.16
39–43 91% 9% 1.91 0.24
44–48 88% 12% 1.85 0.31
49–53 85% 15% 1.79 0.39
54–58 82% 18% 1.72 0.47
59–63 79% 21% 1.66 0.55
64–68 76% 24% 1.59 0.63
69–73 73% 27% 1.53 0.71
74–78 70% 30% 1.47 0.78
79–83 67% 33% 1.41 0.86
84–88 64% 36% 1.34 0.91
89–93 61% 39% 1.28 1.02
94–98 58% 42% 1.22 1.10
99–103 55% 45% 1.16 1.18
104–108 52% 48% 1.09 1.26
109–113 49% 51% 1.57 2.03
114–118 46% 54% 1.52 2.15
119–123 43% 57% 1.42 2.27
124–128 40% 60% 1.32 2.39
129–133 37% 63% 1.22 2.51
134–138 34% 66% 1.12 2.63
139–143 31% 69% 1.02 2.75
144–148 28% 72% 0.92 2.87
149–153 25% 75% 0.83 2.99
154–158 22% 78% 0.73 3.11
159–162 19% 81% 0.62 3.23
163–166 16% 84% 0.53 3.35
167–170 13% 87% 0.43 3.47
171–174 10% 90% 0.30 3.58
175–178 7% 93% 0.23 3.71
179–182 4% 96% 0.13 3.83
183–186 1% 99% 0.03 3.94
187–195 0% 100% 0.00 3.98