Parametric Study of Fiber-Laser Circular Microtextures on AA2024-T3: Influence of Scale Factor and Scan Speed on Wettability and Roughness


ÇOŞKUN Ö., FİDAN S., BORA M. Ö., ÜRGÜN S., ÖZSOY M. İ.

Proceeding Book of 3rd International Conference on Pioneer and Innovative Studies ICPIS 2025, Konya, Türkiye, 6 - 07 Ekim 2025, sa.2, ss.156-165, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Konya
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.156-165
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Abstract

AA2024-T3 plates were circularly microtextured using a 1064-nm pulsed fiber laser (100 W, 100 kHz) to examine how scale factor (SF = 100, 150, 250 µm) and scan speed (250, 500, 750 mm s⁻¹) tune wettability and roughness. Sessile-drop tests with 5 ± 0.5 µL DI water and ISO 25178 profilometry (Nanovea PS-50, 3×3 mm, 5 µm step) quantified responses. Contact angle spanned 69–96° relative to the 92° untextured reference. For fixed speed, SF showed a non-monotonic trend: at 250 mm s⁻¹, θ decreased from 96° (SF100) to 77° (SF150), then increased to 87° (SF250); the same pattern occurred at 500 mm s⁻¹ (87 to 70 to 77°) and 750 mm s⁻¹ (85 to 69 to 86°). The most hydrophilic state was 69° at SF150/750 mm s⁻¹ (−23° vs reference). Areal roughness Sa ranged from 0.711 µm (SF250/750 mm s⁻¹) to 3.267 µm (SF100/750 mm s⁻¹). Optical microscopy revealed parameter-dependent rim continuity, spatter, and HAZ width; SF150/750 mm s⁻¹ produced the most homogeneous rings, whereas SF250/750 mm s⁻¹ generated shallow, partially discontinuous rims. Correlating Sa and θ indicates that topology plus rim integrity, rather than roughness amplitude alone, governs wetting-enabling targeted tuning of AA2024-T3 surfaces for fluid-contact applications.