Ignoramus9970 wrote:
Someone is selling a few "beryllium copper rods".

BERYLIUM RODS (composition 1. 58 Bery; 0. 28 Cobalt; 0. 12 Nickel,
and
other elements)7018, 7025(334), 7032(113), 7054, 7095. N658864267F302
55

ASTM, B196, C172 alloy (alloy 25)

Each bar is 24" long and approximately 2" thick (heavy stuff).

C172 alloy is described at

http://www.freedomalloysusa.com/be_co_f_r_p.shtml

Each rod should be approximately 30 lbs.

I am curious if these rods have any value at all, if so, what is
their
use, and how much could they sell per lb.

i


I have no idea what the alloy was, but beryllium-copper tools were used
around the shipyard where there were explosion hazards, like around
fuel tanks, flammable gasses and the like. One of my techs needed some
channellocks, all Shop Stores had were the B-C versions. They were
lighter than the steel versions. The alloys are used other places,
usually where there's a need for a corrosion-resistant spark-free
material. Beryllium itself is nasty stuff, a cumulative poison with
bad effects. The local atomic workers are still fighting the
government on that from when the arsenal was producing bomb pits. Not
something to buy to stick on the shelf for an odd project or two in the
future. For most uses, it would be classified as haszardous waste.

Stan