%0 Journal Article
%@ 0036-8075
%A Fan, Xianqiang
%A Fleming, Tristan G
%A Clark, Samuel J
%A Fezzaa, Kamel
%A Getley, Anna CM
%A Marussi, Sebastian
%A Wang, Hongze
%A Leung, Chu Lun Alex
%A Kao, Andrew
%A Lee, Peter D
%D 2025
%F discovery:10205876
%I American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
%J Science
%N 6736
%P 864-869
%T Magnetic modulation of keyhole instability during laser welding and additive manufacturing
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205876/
%V 387
%X Keyhole instability during laser welding and laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) can cause keyhole collapse and pore formation. Using high-speed x-ray imaging, we demonstrate that the flow vortex-induced protrusion on the rear keyhole wall is crucial in initiating keyhole instability. Applying a transverse magnetic field suppresses the keyhole instability by driving a secondary thermoelectric magnetohydrodynamics (TEMHD) flow that alters the net flow vortex. This minimizes protrusions and large-amplitude keyhole oscillations. The suppression effectiveness depends on the laser scanning direction relative to the magnetic field orientation because this controls the Seebeck effect-induced Lorentz force's direction. We show that at LPBF length scales, electromagnetic damping is weak, and for alloys with a large Seebeck coefficient, TEMHD becomes the dominant mechanism controlling flow behind the keyhole.
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