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beryllium copper
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beryllium copper [bə′ril·ē·əm ′käp·ər]
(metallurgy)
An alloy of copper and beryllium containing not more than about 3% beryllium; used for springs, tools, and plastic molds. Also known as beryllium bronze.
An alloy of copper and beryllium specifically for addition to metals in the foundry.


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This Nonferrous plant can take a 2% copper beryllium and with heat-treating come up with comparable properties to tool steels in terms of hardness but have 30% of the connectivity of pure copper.
First, the foundry needed copper beryllium dies for the permanent mold process.
Currently, Recyclable Clean Copper alloys cost about 10 percent less than copper beryllium (CuBe) alloys.
 
 
 
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