BERYLLIUM, ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES, TOXICITY, AND PROPERTIES IN RELATION TO ITS USE IN PROPELLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES

Abstract

Those who wish to consider Be as an ingredient of propellants or explosives should be familiar with the current and potential supply of this element. Likewise they should comprehend the toxicity of Be and its compounds. The objectives of this report are to provide information about the actual and potential supply of Be and about the toxicology of Be and its compounds. Metallic Be will not be available in quantity if nothing better than the primitive methods of mining now in use, utilization of only the richest ores, and complex and inefficient methods of extracting BeO do not make way for better methods. If mining and extraction of Be are not improved, plans should not be made to use more than small quantities of Be in explosives or in propellants.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 14, 1960
Accession Number
AD0253297

Entities

People

  • Russell Mcgill

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beryllium
  • Chemical Properties
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Structure
  • Elements
  • Explosives
  • Health Services
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Heat Of Formation
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Ores
  • Physical Properties
  • United States

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