COPGLOW and XPS investigation of recycled metal powder for selective laser melting
Journal article, 2017

© 2017 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Institute.The purpose of this paper is to compare, in terms of depth composition profile, a recycled hastelloy X powder and a virgin powder of the same alloy. We compare also the COPGLOW (compacted powder glow discharge analysis) method to the more established XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) technique, in terms of similarity in reported elemental contents. A good match between the two methods was obtained on the surface of the powder particles (using an etching depth of 1 nm). Similar oxide layer thickness, of about 0.5–1 nm, was found on both powders by COPGLOW. Oxidation sensitive elements, such as Cr, were found on the surfaces by both XPS and COPGLOW on both powders. Surface content of Si appears to have decreased during use in selective laser melting. Finally, the two methods did not otherwise reveal any unexpected features in the depth profiles.

Additive manufacturing

compacted powder glow discharge analysis

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

depth composition profile

hastelloy X

metal powder

Author

P. Mellin

Swerea

Ruslan Shvab

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Surface and Microstructure Engineering

A. Strondl

Swerea

M. Randelius

Swerea

H. Brodin

Eduard Hryha

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Surface and Microstructure Engineering

Lars Nyborg

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Surface and Microstructure Engineering

Powder Metallurgy

0032-5899 (ISSN) 1743-2901 (eISSN)

Vol. 60 3 223-231

Areas of Advance

Production

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology

Metallurgy and Metallic Materials

DOI

10.1080/00325899.2017.1296607

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