Abstract
AMONG the rarer metals which are light in weight and therefore suggest themselves for employment in the aircraft and automobile industries, beryllium stands out prominently. It is lighter than aluminium and has a much higher melting point than either aluminium or magnesium. In order to provide authoritative information about beryllium and the distribution of deposits of beryl—the only source of which adequate supplies are available—a useful little monograph has been prepared by the Mineral Resources Department of the Imperial Institute (“The Mineral Industry of the British Empire and Foreign Countries—Beryllium (Glucinum) and Beryl”, 1931, pp. 26, price 6d.). At present the metal is being produced commercially only in Germany and the United States. However, it is clear from the details provided that the British Empire is in a strong position to exploit its resources of beryl if adequate financial help can be found to follow up the preliminary work already accomplished in the field and laboratory. As is usual in this well-known series of monographs on economic minerals, there is a very full bibliography of the leading literature on the subjects dealt with.
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Economic Uses of Beryllium. Nature 129, 431–432 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129431e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129431e0