Beryllium Improvement Program.
Abstract
A program was conducted to investigate and to define the material or/process variables which must be controlled in order to optimize the short time compression creep behavior of hot-pressed beryllium at 1500 to 1800F. The program goal was to develop a commercially feasible material with improved creep resistance, but without significant sacrifice of other mechanical properties. Materials were studied and characterized by compression creep tests, room and elevated temperature (300-500F) tensile tests, medium strain rate tensile tests, chemistry, grain size, microstructural constituents and salient process parameters. It is shown that maintaining low impurity levels, particularly of the elements, Mg, Si, and Al and developing a fine, uniform distribution of BeO in fine-grained beryllium led to improved creep resistance at 1800F. This improvement was one-to-three orders-of-magnitude over typical commercial material, thereby meeting and exceeding the proposed program goal of one-order-of-magnitude improvement. In addition other mechanical properties were either relatively unchanged or improved. A material specification outline was established to serve as a guide for production of creep resistance, commercial beryllium with properties that will meet the minimum program goals. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0763121
Entities
People
- G. B. Pinkerton
- R. L. Greene
Organizations
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space