Atomic Number 4 (Beryllium: Color, Uses, State and more...) 2022

You may already know that the chemical element with atomic number 4 is Beryllium.

But there's a lot of cool stuff about Beryllium that most people don't know. Check this out:

Beryllium Overview

Atomic Number

4

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Description

Hard, brittle, steel-gray metal. Lightest rigid metal. Formerly called glucinium (Gl) for its sweet but deadly taste.

Symbol

Be (Beryllium)

Sources

Found mostly in minerals like beryl [AlBe3(Si6O18)] and chrysoberyl (Al2BeO4). Pure beryllium is obtained by chemically reducing beryl mineral. Also by electrolysis of beryllium chloride.

Uses

Its ability to absorb large amounts of heat makes it useful in spacecraft, missiles, aircraft, etc. Emeralds are beryl crystals with chromium traces giving them their green color.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Name Origin

Greek: beryllos, "beryl" (a mineral).

Discovery

Discovered By: Fredrich Wöhler, A.A.Bussy

Year: 1798

Location: Germany/France

Atomic Mass

9,012182

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