Copper beryllium alloy and the manufacture thereof

Details Copper beryllium alloy and the manufacture thereof Copper beryllium alloy and the manufacture thereof

1982-09-07

1984-01-10

Skiff, Peter K.

Metal treatment

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Heat treating

148 127C, 148160, C22F 108

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044251688

ABSTRACT:
A process for producing a copper beryllium alloy. The process includes the steps of: preparing a copper beryllium melt; casting the melt; hot working the cast copper beryllium; annealing the copper beryllium; cold working the annealed copper beryllium; and hardening the copper beryllium; and is characterized by the improvement comprising the steps of: solution annealing the cold worked copper beryllium at a temperature of from 1275.degree. (691.degree.) to 1375.degree. F. (746.degree. C.); hardening the annealed copper beryllium at a temperature of from 400.degree. (204.degree.) to 580.degree. F. (304.degree. C.); cold rolling the hardened copper beryllium; and stress relief annealing the cold worked copper beryllium at a temperature of from 400.degree. (204.degree.) to 700.degree. F. (371.degree. C.).
An alloy consisting essentially of, in weight percent, from 0.4 to 2.5% beryllium, up to 3.5% of material from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel, up to 0.5% of material from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium, up to 0.3% iron, up to 0.7% silicon, up to 0.3% aluminum, up to 1.0% tin, up to 3.0% zinc, up to 1.0% lead, balance essentially copper. The alloy is characterized by equiaxed grains. The grains have an average grain size of less than 9 microns. Substantially all of the grains are less than 12 microns in size.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3658601 (1972-04-01), Britton et al.

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