We present results from a BeppoSAX observation of the rich cluster Abell 2319 .
The broad band spectrum ( 2-50 keV ) of the cluster can be adequately represented by an optically thin thermal emission model with a temperature of 9.6 \pm 0.3 keV and a metal abundance of 0.25 \pm 0.03 in solar units , and with no evidence of a hard X-ray excess in the PDS spectrum .
From the upper limit to the hard tail component we derive a lower limit of \sim 0.04 \mu G for the volume-averaged intracluster magnetic field .
By performing spatially resolved spectroscopy in the medium energy band ( 2-10 keV ) , we find that the projected radial temperature and metal abundance profiles are constant out to a radius of 16 ^ { \prime } ( 1.4 Mpc ) .
A reduction of the temperature of 1/3 , when going from the cluster core out to 16 ^ { \prime } , can be excluded in the present data at the 99 \% confidence level .
From the analysis of the temperature and abundance maps we find evidence of a temperature enhancement and of an abundance decrement in a region localized 6 ^ { \prime } -8 ^ { \prime } NE of the core , where a merger event may be taking place .
Finally , the temperature map indicates that the subcluster located NW of the main cluster may be somewhat cooler than the rest of the cluster .