Optical Applications
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Beryllium is a Favorite Material for Low Scatter Cryogenic Optics because of it's High Stiffness-to-Weight Ratio and Excellent Thermal Properties at Low Temperatures
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Beryllium is a favorite material of space sensor designers because of its high stiffness-to-weight ratio and excellent thermal properties at low temperatures. Materion is utilizing HIP technology to further improve beryllium's optical properties.
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Beryllium Optical Materials Brochure
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Beryllium’s combination of low density, high stiffness-to-density ratio, and dimensional stability provide unmatched performance when used as mirror material in satellites, telescopes, and military targeting and firing systems.
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Dimensionally Stable Beryllium Mirrors Fabricaton Processes
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Countering the misperception that beryllium mirrors are unstable, mirrors fabricated from a HIP’ed billet show beryllium to be a stable and predictable mirror material.
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Focus On Optics AlBeMet 162H For Optical Substrates And Electro-Optical Systems
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Designers of optical substrates and electro-optical systems find that aluminum-beryllium alloy gives them improved performance over aluminum and other materials. In comparison to aluminum, the advantages of Materion's AlBeMet® include three times the stiffness, 22 percent less density, and 28 percent higher thermal conductivity.
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