By melting together copper and beryllium.
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To make beryllium copper alloy, beryllium is melted into copper, usually with a copper beryllium master alloy that contains a controlled amount of beryllium. The mixture is then cast into the desired shape and cooled to solidify, resulting in the beryllium copper alloy.
Copper is just that pure copper. Beryllium copper also known as copper beryllium, beryllium bronze and spring copper, is a copper alloy with .5 to 3% beryllium and sometimes with other alloying elements. Beryllium copper combines high-strength with non-magnetic and non-sparking qualities. It has excellent metalworking, forming and machining qualities. It has many specialized applications in tools for hazardous environments, musical instruments, precision measuring devices, bullets, and aerospace.
It is an alloy of copper.
Beryllium Copper (BeCu) also called Spring Copper amongst other names, is a non-ferrous alloy of copper, meaning that it won't rust, that is of high strength (200,000psi). It is excellent for metalwork because of this natural strength and is also ductile, weldable and machinable. Furthermore, it can be heat-treated to improve its durability and strength. It is hazardous to breathe in whilst processing it since the Beryllium-based dust and vapor is toxic.
The density of beryllium 1,850 kg/m³ or 1.85 g/cm³. The SI density standard is kg/m³.
Copper (symbol Cu) is not an alloy it is an element containing only atoms of copper.