Dogu, Merve NurDavut, KemalObeidi, Muhannad AhmedYalcin, Mustafa AlpGu, HengfengLow, Thaddeus Song EnBrabazon, DermotDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering2024-07-052024-07-052022202238-78542214-069710.1016/j.jmrt.2022.06.1572-s2.0-85140916980https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.06.157https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2447Brabazon, Dermot/0000-0003-3214-6381; Yalcin, Mustafa Alp/0000-0001-5371-4574; DOGU, Merve Nur/0000-0003-1843-6040The recrystallization and grain growth behaviour of IN718 alloy additively manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is presented herein. The effects of three different temperatures (1050, 1150 and 1250 degrees C) and holding times (15, 45 and 90 min) were investigated. The texture evolution of the samples was recorded via electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The as-built sample is composed of bowl-shaped melt pools, a chessboard-like grain pattern and has a cube texture {100}<001>. Recrystallized grains were observed in the samples treated at 1150 degrees C for 15 min, as well as the samples treated for longer periods and at higher temperatures. Recrystallization was observed to start from high dislocation density regions, including the overlapping melt pools and the borders of the chessboard-like pattern. The initial cube texture transforms into a first-generation cube-twin texture {122}<212> via a twinning-assisted recrystallization mechanism. Then, those recrystallization nuclei sweep through the high defect density matrix; during which almost no new twins are formed. The samples treated at 1250 degrees C are almost completely recrystallized, which forms a weaker cube texture and a stronger P-orientation {011}<112>. However, the growth of recrystallized grains is very limited due to the presence of non-coherent precipitates. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessIN718Laser powder bed fusionSolution heat treatmentMicrostructureTextureRecrystallizationElectron backscatter diffractionArticleQ1Q21942424257WOS:000852777600001