Research Paper On Beryllium
Beryllium
Atomic Symbol:Be
Atomic number:4
Atomic Mass:9.012182 g
History Of Beryllium In early Ancient Civilizations, the substances of emerald and beryl were first recognized as the same substances. but in late 1798, French chemist Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin found out that the unknown element in the two substances was known as beryllium. Beryllium is obtained from the substances beryl and bertrandite by using chemical processes.(1)
The first metal form was produced by Wohler and Bussy in 1828. They obtained the beryllium in an impure powder form by reducing beryllium chloride with metallic potassium. (2) The Properties of Beryllium Beryllium, a metal, is steel gray in color, has many properties. One of the properties of this metal is that it is one of the lightest metals. This lightweight metal has one of the highest melting points of all the lightweight metals. Beryllium's elasticity is about one-third greater than that of steel. This lightweight metal also has one of the best thermal conductivity, and is nonmagnetic. Beryllium has a high accessibility to x-rays when bounded by alpha particles. At regular temperatures, beryllium resists oxidation in air, through its …show more content…
It is used as an alloying agent to produce a metal called beryllium copper, which is mainly used for springs, electrical contacts, spot-welding electrodes, and non-sparking tools.This metal is also applied as a structural material for high-speed aircraft, missiles, spacecraft, and communication satellites. It is also used for windshield frame, brake discs, support beams, and other structural parts of the space shuttles.
Beryllium is also in nuclear reactors. It is used as a reflector or moderator because it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section. It is also used in gyroscopes, computer parts, and instruments where the lightness of the element, and the stiffness, and dimensional stability are required.
Atomic Symbol:Be
Atomic number:4
Atomic Mass:9.012182 g
History Of Beryllium In early Ancient Civilizations, the substances of emerald and beryl were first recognized as the same substances. but in late 1798, French chemist Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin found out that the unknown element in the two substances was known as beryllium. Beryllium is obtained from the substances beryl and bertrandite by using chemical processes.(1)
The first metal form was produced by Wohler and Bussy in 1828. They obtained the beryllium in an impure powder form by reducing beryllium chloride with metallic potassium. (2) The Properties of Beryllium Beryllium, a metal, is steel gray in color, has many properties. One of the properties of this metal is that it is one of the lightest metals. This lightweight metal has one of the highest melting points of all the lightweight metals. Beryllium's elasticity is about one-third greater than that of steel. This lightweight metal also has one of the best thermal conductivity, and is nonmagnetic. Beryllium has a high accessibility to x-rays when bounded by alpha particles. At regular temperatures, beryllium resists oxidation in air, through its …show more content…
It is used as an alloying agent to produce a metal called beryllium copper, which is mainly used for springs, electrical contacts, spot-welding electrodes, and non-sparking tools.This metal is also applied as a structural material for high-speed aircraft, missiles, spacecraft, and communication satellites. It is also used for windshield frame, brake discs, support beams, and other structural parts of the space shuttles.
Beryllium is also in nuclear reactors. It is used as a reflector or moderator because it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section. It is also used in gyroscopes, computer parts, and instruments where the lightness of the element, and the stiffness, and dimensional stability are required.