Effect of HIP Treatment on the Evolution of Texture and Microstructure of LBPF Fabricated Pure Ni

Microstructure and texture analysis were conducted employing electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique on laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) fabricated pure Ni. The texture analysis of the hot isostatic pressed (HIP) and as-printed (AP) samples were done utilizing orientation distribution function (ODF) maps. The AP sample comprises mostly of ||BD fiber texture with insignificant presence of twins. In contrast, the HIP sample has ||BD grains. It was found that the development of the texture ||BD was due to the deformation linked to the HIP process. In addition, HIP generated a substantial fraction of Σ3 coincident site lattice boundaries (CSL) because of pure Ni which is a medium stacking fault energy (SFE) element.