1. Surface ablation by excimer laser irradiation of Ti and Ti6Al4V alloy.
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Tosto, S., Bartolomeo, A. Di, and Lazzaro, P. Di
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METALLOGRAPHY ,TITANIUM ,TITANIUM-aluminum-vanadium alloys ,LASER ablation - Abstract
This paper presents the surface microstructure of Ti and Ti6Al4V alloy irradiated with a high output energy XeCl (λ=308 nm) excimer laser. The treatments are carried out on both materials at two beam fluences and the effects of single- and multiple-pulse irradiation are compared. The results of the scanning electron micro-scopy and of the X-ray diffraction techniques suggest the possible influence of both time-behaviour and energy fluence of the laser pulse on the relative weight of the ablation rate and of the reaction product deposition rate at the sample surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1996
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