Molybdenum (Mo) alloys are long-desired in aerospace, electronics, and biodevice fields. However, their compatibility with additive manufacturing (AM) is challenging to achieve for room-temperature strength-ductility synergy, hindering post-processing and applications. Sadly, different yet inconsistent reasons like oxygen (O) control are believed responsible for Mo alloys’ notorious AM incompatibility. In this study, we have presented a lean Mo-Titanium (Ti) alloy design to elucidate the origin of Mo alloys’ AM incompatibility. Using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) with different O control and representative solid-solution Mo-Ti (Ti=0.8 wt%) alloys, it is found that the commercial O level LPBF (3000 ppm, i.e., Mo-0.8Ti-0.3 O) enables easier crack-free printing, higher densification, and reduced overall mechanical anisotropy. With this, our investigation, supported by simulations of O and Ti behavior, has validated the interactions of Ti- and O-induced clusters, deformation-induced body-center cubic (BCC)→face-centered cubic (FCC) phase change, and delamination initiation. More specifically, Ti can facilitate BCC→FCC phase change and form Ti-O clusters with a different Orowan strengthening capacity to impede dislocations. Therefore, cracks are likely to form, and gradual delamination occurs when the BCC and FCC phase boundary encounters accumulated dislocations and larger-sized Ti-O and Ti-dilute O-O clusters. With advanced characterization and quantitative strengthening analysis, our approach can be readily adopted to understand the Mo alloy incompatibility with AM, as well as the mechanical outcomes. With this, we highlight and summarize a generic direction of improving Mo alloy strength-ductility synergy at room temperature by AM.
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