From Alloy to Flight: Elemental and Metallurgical Analysis of Titanium Aerospace Components

Titanium alloys play a critical role in aerospace applications, where performance, reliability, and regulatory compliance are essential. This webinar follows the lifecycle of a titanium aerospace component, demonstrating how elemental analysis, hydrogen determination, and metallurgical evaluation support quality assurance from raw material verification through manufacturing, post-processing, and failure investigation.

Learn how glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GD-OES) with the LECO GDS900 Series provides rapid alloy identification and compositional verification to confirm incoming materials meet specification requirements. The webinar will also examine metallographic sample preparation and microstructural evaluation techniques used to assess titanium components, including the identification of manufacturing-induced features such as white layer and other microstructural conditions that can influence performance and service life.

Attendees will gain insight into the critical role of hydrogen control in titanium alloys and the analytical approaches used to support ASTM-compliant testing. The presentation will discuss hydrogen determination using both simultaneous oxygen/nitrogen/hydrogen (ONH) analyzers and dedicated hydrogen-only systems, highlighting their roles in monitoring process conditions, investigating anomalies, verifying conformance to ASTM standards, and helping prevent hydrogen-related embrittlement.

Through practical examples and real-world metallurgical investigations, attendees will learn how advanced elemental and metallurgical characterization techniques support informed material decisions, strengthen quality assurance programs, and help aerospace manufacturers move confidently from alloy selection to flight-ready performance.

Presenter: Aaron Walczewski (Director of Product, LECO Corporation)

Presenter: Lauren Heirty (Application Scientist, LECO Corporation)

Presenter: Ariyona Palmer (Application Scientist, LECO Corporation)