Abstract
Powder-entrapped gas, which can occur naturally in gas-atomized powder, can induce porosity in parts fabricated with powder-based metal additive manufacturing processes. This study utilized synchrotron-based x-ray computed tomography and an in situ high-speed imaging technique, dynamic x-ray radiography (DXR), to investigate the formation of powder-induced porosity using 17-4 PH stainless steel powders with a controlled size distribution and intentionally varied entrapped gas contents. While powder with a low entrapped gas content showed no net part porosity increase, the results showed a strong correlation between the porosity in the powder and the porosity in the builds made from powder with a high entrapped gas content relative to typical gas-atomized powder. A threshold value was developed to classify porosity induced by powder-entrapped gas based on pore morphology measured using computed tomography. Transfer and coalescence of pores during laser melting was observed directly with DXR.
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