Comparison of microstructure features and mechanical properties for additive manufactured and wrought nickel alloys 625

The microstructure characteristics as well as the mechanical properties of an Inconel 625 alloy obtained by three processes: forging, SLM and LMD, are investigated. For the last two processes, known as “additive manufacturing”, the influence of printing parameters is considered as well as the role of possible heat treatments. First, microstructural analyses (SEM and EBSD) underline the presence of columnar dendrites with a very heterogeneous...