The hot salt stress corrosion cracking (HSSCC) behavior of the selectively laser melted (SLM) Ti-6Al-4V alloy in the as-built and heat-treated conditions was studied at 300 and 400°C. The HSSCC resistance of very susceptible as-built alloy can be significantly increased through annealing at 750°C, losing only a small amount of ultimate tensile strength (UTS). The improvement in the HSSCC resistance is brought out by a transformation of martensite into lamellar a + b. The absence of equiaxed a found in the wrought alloy seems to help in increasing the HSSCC resistance of SLM Ti-6Al-4V alloy at high strength level.
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