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Beryllium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

C. J. Leadbeater
C. J. Leadbeater*
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Ministry of Aviation
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Beryllium is a metal possessing some attractive properties for aerospace applications, but its advantages are offset by the present inability to achieve acceptable isotropic ductility, by the high cost of the fabricated metal and by the special health precautions required for workshop treatments and handling.

Considerable research and development have been applied to the technology of beryllium during the past decade and comprehensive data are available in books and the proceedings of international conferences held in London, Gatlinburg, Philadelphia and Grenoble. Outstanding among the various problems discussed have been modes of deformation and fracture, the efficiency of various methods of purification and the influence of increased purification on the behaviour of the metal.

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Metallic Materials
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 668 , August 1966 , pp. 781 - 787
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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