Template:Infobox beryllium

Beryllium, ₄Be

Beryllium
Pronunciation	/bəˈrɪliəm/ ​(bə-RIL-ee-əm)
Appearance	white-gray metallic
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Be)	9.0121831±0.0000005 9.0122±0.0001 (abridged)
Beryllium in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson – ↑ Be ↓ Mg lithium ← beryllium → boron
Atomic number (Z)	4
Group	group 2 (alkaline earth metals)
Period	period 2
Block	s-block
Electron configuration	[He] 2s2
Electrons per shell	2, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	1560 K ​(1287 °C, ​2349 °F)
Boiling point	2742 K ​(2469 °C, ​4476 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	1.85 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	1.690 g/cm3
Critical point	5205 K,  MPa (extrapolated)
Heat of fusion	12.2 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	292 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	16.443 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 1462 1608 1791 2023 2327 2742
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	0, +1, +2 (an amphoteric oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.57
Ionization energies	1st: 899.5 kJ/mol 2nd: 1757.1 kJ/mol 3rd: 14,848.7 kJ/mol (more)
Atomic radius	empirical: 112 pm
Covalent radius	96±3 pm
Van der Waals radius	153 pm
Spectral lines of beryllium
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​hexagonal close-packed (hcp)
Speed of sound thin rod	12,890 m/s (at r.t.)
Thermal expansion	11.3 µm/(m⋅K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	200 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity	36 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility	−9.0×10−6 cm3/mol
Young's modulus	287 GPa
Shear modulus	132 GPa
Bulk modulus	130 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.032
Mohs hardness	5.5
Vickers hardness	1670 MPa
Brinell hardness	590–1320 MPa
CAS Number	7440-41-7
History
Discovery	Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1798)
First isolation	Friedrich Wöhler & Antoine Bussy (1828)
Main isotopes of beryllium
Iso­tope Abun­dance Half-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct 7Be trace 53.12 d ε 7Li γ – 9Be 100% stable 10Be trace 1.39×106 y β− 10B

Be:   data m.p. cat ()
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	1287	—	—
K	1560	1560	0
F	2349	2349	0
max precision	0
WD
input	C: 1287, K: 1560, F: 2349
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Be:   data b.p. cat ()
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	2469	—	—
K	2742	2742	0
F	4476	4476	0
max precision	0
WD
input	C: 2469, K: 2742, F: 4476
comment

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