Hu, DBiswal, RSahu, VKFellowes, JWZadehkabir, AWilliams, SWDavis, AE2024-09-032024-09-032024-08-01Hu D, Biswal R, Sahu VK, et al., (2024) On the chemical composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of a Nitrogen-contaminated Ti-6Al-4V component built by Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 1310, September 2024, Article number 0120201757-8981https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1310/1/012020https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/2285144th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science (RISO 2024) 2-6 September 2024, Roskilde, DenmarkAdditive manufacturing (AM) using recycled Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64) feedstock material from wrought waste streams is a novel process that can reduce the overall energy cost and carbon (CO2) footprint when compared to primary-production routes. The potential contamination of recycled feedstock material (e.g. C, O, N and Fe) can affect the microstructure and mechanical properties of the component. In this work, a Ti64 test wall built using wire arc AM (WAAM) was studied, where the top half only was contaminated by N through the shielding gas during deposition. This allowed a direct comparison of Ti64 WAAM material with high and low N content, deposited under otherwise identical conditions, to replicate the worst-case scenario of N contamination from using recycled swarf. The hardness of the N-contaminated section was found to be 25% higher than the uncontaminated section of the wall, demonstrating the N solid solution strengthening in Ti64. The room temperature transformed microstructure was found to have a 25% coarser α-lath thickness, which was proposed to be an effect of the AM cyclical heating and increasing of the β-transus temperature due to a higher level of N. Additionally, the outer layer of the N-contaminated sample section was found to have a refined parent β grain structure.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/4014 Manufacturing Engineering40 Engineering12 Responsible Consumption and ProductionArticle1757-899X55180113101