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===Used in the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Toolkit=== | ===Used in the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Toolkit=== | ||
Used for saftly removing old Naval Mines and Ieds. Using Beryllium Copper CuBe, it is an alloy of of copper and 0.5% to 3% Berylliym. This substance is non magnetic, and will not spark. 2 key features in Bomb dismantlement. [http://www.chemie.de/lexikon/e/Beryllium_copper/ Beryllium Copper info] | Used for saftly removing old Naval Mines and Ieds. Using Beryllium Copper CuBe, it is an alloy of of copper and 0.5% to 3% Berylliym. This substance is non magnetic, and will not spark. 2 key features in Bomb dismantlement. *[http://www.chemie.de/lexikon/e/Beryllium_copper/ Beryllium Copper info] | ||
*[http://www.allenvanguard.com/Products/EODIEDDToolsAccessories/NonMagneticTools/tabid/145/List/0/ProductID/131/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName/ What the toolkit looks like] | |||
Beryllium is non-magnetic. Therefore, beryllium-based tools are used by military naval EOD-personnel when working on or around naval mines, as these often have fuzes that detonate on direct magnetic contact or when influenced by a magnetic field. | Beryllium is non-magnetic. Therefore, beryllium-based tools are used by military naval EOD-personnel when working on or around naval mines, as these often have fuzes that detonate on direct magnetic contact or when influenced by a magnetic field. | ||
Cathrine Hardwick won Best Picture and was the first women to win an oscar for Best Directing for her film on an EOD squad in Iraq called the Hurt Locker. | Cathrine Hardwick won Best Picture and was the first women to win an oscar for Best Directing for her film on an EOD squad in Iraq called the Hurt Locker. | ||
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===Space Telescopes=== | |||
The James Webb Space Telescope will have 18 hexagonal beryllium sections for its mirrors. Because JWST will face a temperature of −240 degrees Celsius (33 kelvins), the mirror is made of beryllium, capable of handling extreme cold better than glass. Beryllium contracts and deforms less than glass - and remains more uniform - in such temperatures. For the same reason, the optics of the Spitzer Space Telescope are entirely built of beryllium metal. | |||