My element belongs to to the alkaline earth metal family. Orgin of name comes from greek. Beryllium is discovered by louis Nicholas in 1798. Some interesting facts about beryllium right about here boys. It is a hard metal, but brittle at room temperature.
Heres one more for your day big guy. Beryllium salt has a sweet taste to it bet you didn’t know that. Ill slide another one on your plate real quick, Beryllium is found in earths crust, but only six parts per million. Try this one out you scervy dog. Beryllium is …show more content…
Beryllium is relatively transparent to X-rays and is used to make windows for X-ray tubes. When exposed to alpha particles, such as those emitted by radium or poloium, beryllium emits neutrons and is used as a neutron source. Beryllium is also used as a moderator in nuclear reactors. Beryllium is combined with copper (it’s a combination of 2% beryllium, 98% copper) to form a wear resistant material, known as beryllium bronze, used in gyroscopes and other devices where wear resistance is important. Beryllium is teamed with nickel (2% beryllium, 98% nickel) to make springs, spot-welding electrodes and non-sparking tools. Other beryllium alloys are used in the windshield, brake disks and other structural components of the space shuttle.
Beryllium oxide, a compound of beryllium is used in the nuclear industry.
Beryllium was once known as glucinum, which means sweet, since beryllium and many of its compounds have a sugary taste. Unfortunately for the chemists that discovered this particular property, beryllium and many of its compounds are poisonous and should never be tasted or