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Beryllium is a chemical element. It's used as a hardening agent in alloys. It's widely used in the aerospace industry. To find out all the details about beryllium, type in "beryllium" in your web browser and you'll get several websites describing it.

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Beryllium is used as components for missiles and rockets. Windows for X-ray tubes, brazing material for zirconium alloys, beryllium bronzes, beryllium alloys for welding, nuclear applications as reflector, beryllium-copper alloys for Transformers and electrotechnical uses, Ra (Am, Pu, Po)-Be source of neutrons, alloys for aviation industry, alloys for missiles, alloy for watches components (glucydur), nuclear weapons and many other uses. Beryllium oxide: electric insulator but thermal conductor, ceramics for high temperatures, nuclear applications as neutrons reflector, etc. Beryllium fluoride was used in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment. Beryllium nitride is an important ceramic. Beryllium chloride is a catalyst in organic chemistry. Emerald is a natural gemstone with beryllium.

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What is the sorce of beryllium?

Important beryllium minerals are: beryl, chrisoberyl, phenakite, bertrandite.


What are the minerals of beryllium?

The most important minerals of beryllium are: bertrandite, beryl, chrysoberyl, phenakite.


Beryllium is founded in what?

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Where can beryllium be found naturally?

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The abundance of beryllium in the earth crust is 2-3 ppm.


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How many neutrons and electrons beryllium has?

The most important isotope of beryllium - 9Be - has 5 neutrons. The neutral atom of beryllium has 4 electrons.


How many protons neutrons and electrons are in element beryllium?

Beryllium should be expected to have a charge of 2+ as is expected of all the elements in Group 2 of the periodic table. But its behavior is somewhat different than other Group 2 elements because it has so few electrons. This element tends to form covalent bonds.All nuclei have a positive charge.So beryllium-9 has a positive charge.


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Is beryllium chloride polar?

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Is beryllium reactive and why is it reactive?

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