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So you need to control the solidification process to plot a course through the phase diagram, spending the right amount of time in each region, and ending up in
by HPsquared 2y ago
So you need to control the solidification process to plot a course through the phase diagram, spending the right amount of time in each region, and ending up in a good place. And this alloy has a phase diagram that is compatible with a method of 3d printing.
- pfdietz 2y agoI think this is also why welding aluminum alloys was such a pain before the introduction of friction stir welding, which doesn't melt the metal. FSW was invented surprisingly late, in the 1990s.