Direct selective laser sintering of iron-graphite powder mixture

In the present work, laser sintering of a powder mixture of iron and graphite (99.22 and 0.78%, respectively) was carried out using a pulsed Nd-YAG laser. The paper reports experimental details with evolution of the microstructures and evaluation of some of the physical and mechanical properties of the resultant sintered material. The obtained results indicate suitability of the laser sintered material for some special applications. # 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.