Periodic Table · element
Beryllium
Be · Z 4
- atomic number
- 4
- atomic mass
- 9.0122
- notation
- Be
- group
- 2: Beryllium
- period
- 2
- state0c
- Solid
- state20c
- Solid
- occurrence
- Primordial
- density
- 1.85
- melting pt
- 1278
- boiling pt
- 2469
- discovered
- 1798
- abundance
- 2.8
- ore grade
- 2500
- ore minerals
- bertrandite, beryl
- mined as
- Primary
extraction
One deposit in Utah supplies most of it. Bertrandite ore is leached in sulfuric acid, the beryllium extracted by solvent extraction and precipitated as hydroxide, then converted to metal, oxide or copper-beryllium master alloy.
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