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beryllium Definition

be·ryl·lium (bə rilē 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

  • copper: The old cartridge tags are replaced with gold plated, copper beryllium versions.
  • %: This contains around 2.5 % cobalt ( plus nickel ) and only 0.5 % beryllium.

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