The Beryllium Thread

[Simplex3]

I'm putting this in here so that it won't hang around the top of the lounge while I cut and paste information in to post after post.

This is part of my ongoing offseaon attempt to get us ranked on the first page of some search engine(s) when nerds search for "beryllium".

Before you PM me with "Why?", the answer is simply that I am sitting around reading log files at work and cutting and pasting into this thread requires absolutely NO mental stress.

[crazycoffey]

Product Features

• Beryllium copper
• Rounded edges
• Ridge cuts for grip

[crazycoffey]

These delightful instruments are made from a special alloy comprised of aluminum, titanium, manganese, magnesium and beryllium. When struck they emit a mesmerizing magical tone

[Miles]

I had a putter made out of Beryllium alloy at one time.

[ImmodiumAD]

Beryllium is a space age material in the truest sense of the word. It is a steel-gray, low-density metallic element. One of the lightest metals known, it presents the designer with a combination of desirability properties not found in any other material. Strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios of beryllium are outstanding.

[ImmodiumAD]

It has high specific heat and excellent thermal conductivity. It retains useful properties at both elevated and cryogenic temperatures.
Beryllium also has significant ductility, is substantially uniform in properties, is readily machinable and can be rolled, drawn or extruded.

[ImmodiumAD]

Beryllium is one of the lowest-density metals. It has a remarkable combination of properties found in no other metal. It has 6 times the specific stiffness of steel.

[ImmodiumAD]

Beryllium has a very high melting point and it maintains useful mechanical properties up to much higher temperatures than most other metals, yet it is also prized for its excellent cryogenic properties. Beryllium combines high thermal conductivity with the highest specific heat of any metal for superior thermal diffusivity, making it extremely useful for dissipating thermal transients.

[ImmodiumAD]

Beryllium has excellent damping characteristics. It is a low Z material, with the highest x-ray transparency of any engineering material. This fascinating metal has an extensive heritage in space structures, airborne, earth- and space-based optics, and the semiconductor, medical and nuclear industries.

[ImmodiumAD]

Designers continue to specify beryllium due to its unmatched capabilities for medical, aerospace, defense, information technology, scientific, nuclear and other applications.

[ImmodiumAD]

AlBeMet® and E Materials are engineered materials made principally of beryllium. AlBeMet® comes in two formulations, AlBeMet® 140 and AlBeMet® 162, with 40% and 62% beryllium by weight, respectively. Aluminum-beryllium was originally developed for the SR-71 aircraft in the 1960’s and dubbed “LockAlloy”. Aluminum-beryllium under the AlBeMet® trade name was reintroduced in the early 1990’s by Brush Wellman.

[ImmodiumAD]

AlBeMet® is a metal matrix composite, consisting of separate phases of pure aluminum and pure beryllium. This gives AlBeMet® a synergistic combination of the toughness, ductility and machinability of aluminum, combined with all the great properties of beryllium.

[ImmodiumAD]

E Materials are available as E20 and E60, with beryllium metal and 20% or 60% beryllium oxide (BeO) by volume, respectively. E Materials were designed to take advantage of the superior thermal dissipation capabilities of beryllium metal and beryllium oxide ceramic material for electronics heat sink applications. These materials can be selected according to their coefficient of thermal expansion to maximize their compatibility with the electronic substrate.

[Bowser]

beryllium

[Simplex3]

More beryllium.

[Simplex3]

...and even more.