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Or Beryllium! (I have to ask...who the heck would actually use beryllium?)
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Probably an alloy is used because doing a quick search on Beryllium shows its posionous.  Magnesium is right underneath that and I know that has been used in robotics applications for strong armor. Of course it might just be a safety issue that they banned these metals because even magnesium is something you may not want on a robot because once it catches on fire it blinds.
What advantage is there in using titanium??? Sure it has the highest yield strength of all the metals. Plus that stuff is expensive.
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Last edited by Adam Y. : 02-06-2003 at 19:24.
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