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Beryllium Science and Technology

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Important changes in manufacturing beryllium powder products, mentioned in Chapter 2, have improved the mechanical properties of most mill products; data on earlier products (prior to 1970) are often obsolete. Block formerly showed about 1% elongation; it is now 3.0% minimum, usually about 4%. Sheet averages 15–20% elongation with a guaranteed 10% (formerly 5%). The strain-hardening coefficient has been improved significantly.

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Pinto, N.P. (1979). Properties. In: Floyd, D.R., Lowe, J.N. (eds) Beryllium Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0668-0_16

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