what are your thoughts on the whole 'Berrylium Bronze' thing? At the bottom of 73's page it says they figured out his arms are made of berrylium bronze, and that it's the same type of metal used in a lot of other SCPs. any connection or something that you can think of? Curious to hear your thoughts on it.
Well,there could be a very easy answer to this question, as beryllium bronze is merely a fancier name for beryllium copper, an alloy we usein real life !
Forthe sake of clarity, we will call the real life alloy BCopper, andthe Foundation’s version BBronze.
PlainBCopper has many fascinating properties, thanks mostly to theincorporation of the versatile element beryllium, from which it getsit’s name :
Itis pliable, but not brittle, it is able to be welded and workedthrough machines.
Itis resistant to some types of acids (notably the famous hydrochloricacid, which is used to contain SCP-682).
Itis resistant to abrasion and galling.
Itis non sparkling
Itis nonmagnetic.
Ithas a high potential for electrical conductivity.
Itis very strong, in fact, it is the strongest of all copper basedalloys.
Itcan conduct and resist heat quite efficiently.
Itis to note that alone, beryllium also includes a highly efficientsound conductivity in it’s physical properties.
Nowlet us see the properties of BBronze that can be noticed in the files containing mentions of thealloy :
Soundconductivity : SCP-1216 uses the sound created by the impactbetween two solid spheres of BBronze to communicate
Stabilisationof surrounding temperatures : many of the foundation’s entitiesthat contain BBronze in their files appear to have mentionsof very stable temperatures : SCP-1216-2 is heated to a constanttemperature of 26°C, which might be partially or fully regulated bythe BBronze spheres that SCP-1216 instances processes whileSCP-2481’s constant temperatures at 35°C might be caused by thepresence of  SCP-2481-2.
Extremeresistance to heat : While SCP-2481-1 was severely damaged andmelted by intense heat, SCP-2481-2, which is the BBronze partof the entity, has not been affected by those very high temperatures.
Someother, unknown properties concerning it’s manner of function :(See SCP-2481’s description, and SCP-073’s secrecy about the originsof the alloy.)
Thephysical properties of BBronze areconsistent with the real metal’s properties, however in a moreextreme manner in most cases (stabilization of temperatures in notonly itself, but surrounding areas, and heat being nearly uselessagainst the alloy).
Thereare a few other potential properties that BBronze may have, these are much more hypothetical, as theyare based more on theories about it’s way of functioning rather thanwritten facts :
Potentialabsorption of heat : (see: Stabilisation of surroundingtemperatures)
Potentialabsorption of organic energy : (See: SCP-073’s effects on any nonanimal carbon based life)
Potentiallikeliness to radioactive decay in unknown conditions : (See: SCP-1427-ACR-2: SUMMARY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT, SCP-1427)
Thereis also the question of the origins of the foundation’s version of BBronze. In real life, BCopper is a recently manufacturedalloy, where as the origins of BBronze are mostlyunknown, it is merely suspected to originate from the middle east. MostBBronze entities are very ancient, in some cases older thanhuman society or suspected to be so.
Inconclusion : Beryllium copper is a metal alloy manufactured inthe real world for it’s impressive physical properties. Beryllium bronze shares these exact properties as well, but shows some othercharacteristics not present in beryllium copper. Beryllium bronze is mostprobably very similar in composition to beryllium copper (which is 0.5% to 3 %beryllium, and sometimes other elements, on a base of copper), butmight go though a different hardening process, or contain another,unknown element that boosts it’s already useful properties, andpotentially adds more to the list.
Theoreticalcompositions for beryllium bronze
Classiccomposition inspired of the strongest BCopper with an unknownhardening process:
2% berylliumÂ
0.3% cobaltÂ
On a base of copper
Theoretical composition with an unknown element and the classic age hardening of BCopper:
3%beryllium
0.9%Â ??? (unknown radioactive element with a highpotential for energy absorption)Â
On a base of copper
Sources:
beryllium; beryllium copper; beryllium and beryllium copper; nuclear chemistry; SCP-073; SCP-1216; SCP-2427; SCP-2481; SCP-2711
-Mod Pasttell
