There are processed beryllium bronze and cast beryllium bronze. Commonly used cast beryllium bronze has Cu-2Be-0.5Co-0.3Si, Cu-2.6Be-0.5Co-0.3Si, Cu-0.5Be-2.5Co, and so on. Processing beryllium bronze containing beryllium is controlled below 2%, domestic beryllium copper add 0.3% nickel, or add 0.3% cobalt. Commonly used processing beryllium bronze are Cu-2Be-0.3Ni, Cu-1.9Be-0.3Ni-0.2Ti and so on. Beryllium bronze is a heat treatment strengthened alloy.
Processed beryllium bronze is mainly used as a variety of high-level elastic components, especially the requirements of good conductivity, corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance, cold resistance, non-magnetic components, a large number of used as a diaphragm box, diaphragm, bellows, microswitch, etc. Casting beryllium bronze is used for explosion-proof tools, various moulds, bearings, axle tiles, bushings, gears and various electrodes. Beryllium oxides and dust are harmful to human body, production and use should pay attention to protection.
Beryllium copper is a kind of alloy with good mechanical, physical and chemical comprehensive performance, after quenching and tempering, it has high strength, elasticity, abrasion resistance, fatigue resistance and heat resistance, at the same time, beryllium copper also has high electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, cold resistance and non-magnetic, no spark when touching, easy to weld and braze, and excellent corrosion resistance in the atmosphere, freshwater and seawater. Beryllium copper alloy in seawater corrosion resistance rate: (1.1-1.4) × 10-2mm/year. Corrosion depth: (10.9-13.8) × 10-3mm/year. After corrosion, there is no change in strength and elongation, so it can be kept in seawater for more than 40 years, and it is an irreplaceable material for submarine cable repeater construction body. In sulfuric acid medium: in less than 80% concentration of sulfuric acid (room temperature) annual corrosion depth of 0.0012-0.1175mm, the concentration is greater than 80% of the corrosion is slightly accelerated.
Beryllium copper is a supersaturated solid solution copper-based alloy, is the mechanical properties, physical properties, chemical properties and corrosion resistance of a good combination of non-ferrous alloys, after solid solution and aging treatment, with special steel equivalent to the high strength limit, elasticity limit, yield limit and fatigue limit, while also having a high electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, high hardness and abrasion resistance, high creep resistance and corrosion resistance, widely used in the manufacture of various types of Widely used in the manufacture of various types of mould inlays, alternative steel production of high-precision, complex shape of the mould, welding electrode materials, die-casting machines, injection molding machine punches, wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant work and so on. Beryllium copper tape is used in micro-motor brushes, mobile phones, batteries, products, is an important industrial material indispensable to the construction of the national economy.