The Beryllium Thread
 

I'm putting this in here so that it won't hang around the top of the lounge while I cut and paste information in to post after post.

This is part of my ongoing offseaon attempt to get us ranked on the first page of some search engine(s) when nerds search for "beryllium".

Before you PM me with "Why?", the answer is simply that I am sitting around reading log files at work and cutting and pasting into this thread requires absolutely NO mental stress.

Beryllium (IPA: /bəˈrɪliəm/) is the chemical element that has the symbol Be and atomic number 4. A bivalent element, elemental beryllium is a steel grey, strong, light-weight yet brittle, alkaline earth metal. It is primarily used as a hardening agent in alloys (most notably beryllium copper).

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* 1 Notable characteristics

* 2 History

* 3 Occurrence

* 4 Applications

* 5 Isotopes

* 6 Health effects

o 6.1 Precautions

o 6.2 Inhalation

6.2.1 Chronic beryllium disease (CBD)

o 6.3 Ingestion

o 6.4 Effects on children