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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addit Manuf. 2019 Jul 8;29:100783. doi: 10.1016/j.addma.2019.100783

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

SEM microphotographs of each section of LENS™ processed Ti6Al4V-Al12Si compositionally graded material. (a) SEM image of the interface between Ti6Al4V substrate and (Ti6Al4V+Al12Si)1 section. (b) SEM image of the interface between (Ti6Al4V+Al12Si)1 section and pure Al12Si section. (c) SEM image of pure Al12Si section. (d) SEM image of the interface between made pure Al12Si section and (Ti6Al4V+Al12Si)2 section. (e) SEM image of the interface between (Ti6Al4V+Al12Si)2 section and pure Ti6Al4V section. (f) SEM image of pure Ti6Al4V section. (g) SEM image of low laser power processed Ti6Al4V+Al12Si section at 2000x magnification (laser power: 300 W). (h) SEM image of high laser power processed Ti6Al4V+Al12Si section at 500x magnification. (i) SEM image of LENS™ processed Ti6Al4V+Al12Si section with a laser power of 350 W. (j) SEM image of LENS™ processed Ti6Al4V+Al12Si section with a laser power of 370 W. (k) SEM image of LENS™ processed Ti6Al4V+Al12Si section with a laser power of 390 W.