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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs of the vertical plane showing the columnar dendrites crossing melt pool boundaries (a) and the change of dendrite direction at the melt pool boundary (b). Blue arrows in (b) indicate the growth direction of the dendrites.
