“ FACTS ABOUT BERYLLIUM”

Beryllium is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Be and atomic number 4. It has several unique properties:

- Beryllium is uniquely strong,

- Beryllium is uniquely light,

- Beryllium is used to make cell phones, missiles and aircrafts,

- Beryllium is in fact highly toxic and should therefore never be tasted,

- Beryllium is one of the lightest metals and has one of the highest melting points among the light metals,

- Beryllium is Steel gray in color,

- Beryllium's modulus of elasticity is about one-third greater than steel,

- Beryllium is nonmagnetic and resistant to concentrated nitric acid,

- Beryllium is also has superior thermal conductivity and resists oxidation in air in normal temperatures,

- Beryllium improves many physical properties when added as an alloying element to aluminium, copper (notably the alloy beryllium copper), iron and nickel,

- Beryllium does not form oxides until it reaches very high temperatures,

- Beryllium is the most common window material for X-ray equipment and components of particle physics experiments,

- The high thermal conductivities of beryllium and beryllium oxide have led to their use in thermal management applications.

Posted by Direniş ÇAYLI on October 28, 2016

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