Nanoparticle-enhanced Absorptivity of Copper During Laser Powder Bed Fusion
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- Abstract
- Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of pure copper for thermal and electrical applications is hampered by its low near-infrared absorptivity and high thermal diffusivity. These material properties make it very difficult to localize the thermal energy needed to produce high density 3D printed parts. Modification of metal powders via nanoparticle additives is a promising approach to increasing absorptivity, but the effect of nanoparticles on absorptivity and melting behavior during LPBF is not well understood. In this study, we developed an in situ calorimetry system to measuring effective absorptivity during LPBF on copper substrates. We functionalized copper substrates using three nanoparticle systems (CuS, TiB2, multilayer graphene flakes) and demonstrated an enhanced absorptivity of the functionalized substrates relative to pure copper. Graphene nanoflakes resulted in the highest improved absorption relative to pure copper from 0.09 to 0.48, due to their stability at high laser scanning powers. A thermomechanical model with convective heat transfer provided confidence in the measurements by reproducing the experimental melt pool traces. Full 3D cylindrical prints demonstrated an improvement in relative density of the copper-graphene powder prints (in the range of 0.930-0.992), relative to that of as-purchased copper powder prints (in the range of 0.854-0.972). This work provides a fundamental study of nanoparticle-enabled LPBF of highly reflective metals and demonstrates a viable route for expanding the library of reliably printable metals.
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| Type of resource | text |
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| Publication date | December 9, 2023; March 2022 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Cai, Wei |
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5919-8734
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| Author | Tertuliano, Ottman |
Subjects
| Subject | Additive manufacturing |
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| Subject | Copper |
| Subject | Light absorption |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Article |
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- Tertuliano, O. A., et al. (2023). Nanoparticle-enhanced Absorptivity of Copper During Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/kx201nt7564.
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