Femtosecond laser ablation of a single crystal superalloy CMSX-4 in different environments

Quan Wen, Qiang Feng, Guanghua Cheng, Wei Zhao, Zuqing Sun

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Abstract

The femtosecond laser ablation has been investigated on second generation single crystal superalloy CMSX-4 using a commercial titanium:sapphire laser system (λ = 780nm, τ = 120 fs). The ablation thresholds of bulk alloy CMSX-4 have been determined as a function of the pulse number (1, 10,100, 1000) in air, argon gas and vacuum. The results indicate that the multiple-pulse threshold of this material decreased with increasing the pulse number in all the cases. For the same pulse number, the threshold changed in the descending order: air, vacuum and argon gas. The incubation coefficient in air has been determined: ξ = 0.86 ± 0.03. The preliminary results showed the better quality of femtosecond laser machining of CMSX-4 in vacuum and argon gas than in air.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Light Metals, Aerospace Materials and Superconductors
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages1309-1312
Number of pages4
EditionPART 3
ISBN (Print)0878494324, 9780878494323
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2006 Beijing International Materials Week, 2006 BIMW -International Conference on Aerospace Materials, ICAM 2006 - Beijing, China
Duration: 25 Jun 200630 Jun 2006

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
NumberPART 3
Volume546-549
ISSN (Print)0255-5476
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9752

Conference

Conference2006 Beijing International Materials Week, 2006 BIMW -International Conference on Aerospace Materials, ICAM 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period25/06/0630/06/06

Keywords

  • Ablation
  • CMSX-4
  • Femtosecond laser
  • Single crystal superalloy
  • Threshold

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