Bulk samples from the powder of the MAX-phase Ti3AlC2 were obtained by selective laser sintering (SLS). A complex structural-phase study was carried out using optical and electron microscopy, as well as X-ray phase analysis, the elemental and phase composition of the samples was determined, and the morphology of the initial powders and bulk SLS samples was described. This study allowed to describe the elemental and phase composition, as well as the morphology of both the initial powders and bulk SLS samples. Modes of selective laser sintering are established at which the maximum presence of the MAX-phase in the samples after SLS is observed.
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