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Mechanical properties of beryllium fabricated by powder metallurgy

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A general survey of the mechanical properties of commercially pure beryllium fabricated from powder by vacuum hot pressing and other consolidation methods is presented. The effect of fabrication method, grain size, strain rate, and directionality upon both room and elevated temperature tensile properties is reported.

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  1. Metallurgy and Fabrication Development, The Brush Beryllium Co., Cleveland, USA

    W. W. Beaver (Member AIME, Director of Process Development) & K. G. Wikle (Junior Member AIME, Section Head)

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  1. W. W. Beaver
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Discussion on this paper, TP 3736E, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by July 1, 1954. Manuscript, Sept. 14, 1953. New York Meeting, February 1954.

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Beaver, W.W., Wikle, K.G. Mechanical properties of beryllium fabricated by powder metallurgy. JOM 6, 559–573 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398875

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