Explain why beryllium metal is a good choice for the hexagonal sections of the primary mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled by NASA to be launched in 2014. Start by finding values of some of the basic properties of beryllium, such as its melting temperature

Tm

, density

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, elastic modulus

E

, and coefficient of thermal expansion

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, as well as general information about this telescope.