• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.366-370
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• 2011

The influence of aging treatment on the microstructure, mechanical and electrical properties of Cu-Be alloy for connector material applications was investigated. The properties of mechanical strength and electrical conductivity were found to increase with increasing aging temperature. By the way, SEM/EDS and TEM analysis exhibited that beryllides precipitation (CoBe and NiBe) with a size of 50 nm were distributed in grains. It was, therefore concluded that these beryllide precipitates improved the mechanical strength and also it was favor in increasing of electrical conductivity.