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. 2017 Aug 25;18(1):584–610. doi: 10.1080/14686996.2017.1361305

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Figure 2. — Examples of defects that can form in SLM materials: (a) porosity formed in SLM Ti-6Al-4V [14], (b) balling [16] and (c) hot tears [17].