and in dry oxygen at 650° C. under kinetic conditions that the higher gain in weight of the specimen in carbon dioxide was due to the formation of beryllium carbide, which rendered the beryllium ...

Although it is relatively soft (Rc 11), beryllium is abrasive and hard on tools. High-quality carbide tools are required to machine this material. Cutter life is about 10 percent that when cutting ...

The Company''s mandate is to sponsor advanced materials research which will increase demand and new market opportunities for beryllium and ... with CTP''s silicon carbide (SiC) cladding, could ...

Source: Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic ... NIOSH can't rule out such a threat. Notes A Union Carbide spokesman said: "Uranium production facilities were ...

ExoTec Precision has been producing precision Beryllium mirrors and structures for over a decade. Founded in 1937 as Avimo Ltd., the company was acquired by GSI Group Corporation in June 2006. We ...

In the present experiments, the researchers injected granules of carbon, lithium, and boron carbide -- light metals that share several properties of beryllium -- into the DIII-D National Fusion ...

A metallic bond between two beryllium atoms has been forged for the first time in the lab. The development could pave the way for the creation of new materials. “Going back 100 years ...