Dogu, Merve NurOzer, SerenYalcin, Mustafa AlpDavut, KemalBilgin, Guney MertObeidi, Muhannad AhmedBrabazon, DermotMetallurgical and Materials EngineeringDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering2024-07-052024-07-05202352238-78542214-069710.1016/j.jmrt.2023.05.1522-s2.0-85160536402https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.05.152https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2195Brabazon, Dermot/0000-0003-3214-6381The effect of various solution heat treatment temperatures (i.e., 1120, 1160, 1200 and 1240 & DEG;C) on the microstructure, grain morphology and crystallographic texture of IN939 fabricated by powder bed fusion-laser beam (PBF-LB) was investigated. Microstructural analyses showed that the high-temperature gradient and rapid solidification of the PBF-LB processing caused different resulting microstructures compared to conventionally pro-duced counterparts. The melt pool morphologies and laser scanning paths were examined in the as-fabricated samples in the XZ-and XY-planes, respectively. After the application of solution heat treatment at 1120 & DEG;C, the as-fabricated PBF-LB initial microstructure was still apparent. For solution heat treatments of 1200 & DEG;C and above, the melt pool and scanning path morphologies disappeared and converted into a mixture of columnar grains in the XZ-plane and equiaxed grains in the XY-plane. On the other hand, large equiaxed grains were observed when the samples were solutionized at 1240 & DEG;C. Additionally, g' phase precipitated within the matrix after all solution heat treatment conditions, which led to increase in the microhardness values. According to electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analyses, both as-fabricated and solution heat-treated samples had intense texture with {001} plane normal parallel to the building direction. The first recrystallized grains began to appear when the samples were subjected to the solution heat treatment at 1160 & DEG;C and the fraction of the recrystallized grains increased with increasing temperature, as supported by kernel average misorientation (KAM) and grain spread orientation (GOS) analyses.& COPY; 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSolution heat treatmentPBF-LBIN939MicrostructureTextureRecrystallizationArticleQ1Q22489098923WOS:001019430500001