specimens manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM) of prealloyed powder. High-
density (99.8%) cylindrical specimens were built with four orientations (0°, 45°, 45°× 45° and
90°) in relation to the building and scanning directions. Because of directional, dendritic-
cellular grain growth, microstructure of the as-built specimens was characterized by
columnar grains of supersaturated solid solution with internal microsegregation of Nb and …