beryllium
beryllium
Definition
be·ryl·lium (bə ril′ē əm)
noun
a hard, silver-white, metallic chemical element, one of the alkaline-earth metals, found only in combination with others: it forms strong, hard, lightweight alloys with several metals: symbol, Be; at. no., 4
Etymology: < beryllia, beryllium oxide (< L beryllus, beryl + -ia) + -ium: discovered (1798) by L. N. Vauquelin (1763-1829), Fr chemist
beryllium
Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- compound: I increased the percentage of beryllium in the compound by 0.05 % , as you suggested I should.
Modifies a noun
- hydroxide: A simple explanation of what is happening You need to think about where the beryllium hydroxide came from in the first place.
- chloride: Notice how much dramatically lower the boiling point of beryllium chloride is compared with magnesium chloride.
- ion: All the empty orbitals from the original beryllium ion are being used.
- copper: In our solution, a bespoke pair of stainless steel race bearings was designed with beryllium copper running wires.
- target: At GSI this is done by shooting a uranium beam at a beryllium target.
- oxide: This exposure limit will not be reached during the simple use of Beryllium metal or Beryllium oxide ceramics.
Noun used with modifier
