Effect of scanning strategy during selective laser melting on surface topography, porosity, and microstructure of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V

Engineering & Materials Science

• Selective laser melting 100%
• Surface topography 96%
• Optical microscopy 86%
• Porosity 68%
• Scanning 61%
• Microstructure 53%
• Surface measurement 24%
• Thermal stress 19%
• Tomography 19%
• X rays 18%
• Surface roughness 16%
• Fusion reactions 15%
• Scanning electron microscopy 15%
• Hardness 15%
• Imaging techniques 15%
• Decomposition 14%
• Defects 13%

Physics & Astronomy

• topography 73%
• melting 61%
• porosity 57%
• scanning 49%
• microstructure 46%
• lasers 34%
• textures 24%
• microscopy 13%
• thermal stresses 10%
• deflection 8%
• surface roughness 8%
• fusion 8%
• tomography 7%
• hardness 7%
• decomposition 7%
• scanning electron microscopy 6%
• defects 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Melting 68%
• Optical Microscopy 47%
• Porosity 46%
• Surface Measurement 39%
• Surface Roughness 26%
• Surface 25%
• X-Ray 16%
• Scanning Electron Microscopy 15%
• Amount 11%