Template:Infobox beryllium

	child table, as reused in {IB-Be} v; e; h;
Main isotopes of 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
	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 (at 20 °C)	1.845 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	1.690 g/cm3
Critical point	5400 K, 46 MPa (estimated)
Heat of fusion	12.2 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	292 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	16.443 J/(mol·K)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	common: +2; 0, +1
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) (hP2)
Lattice constants	a = 228.60 pm; c = 358.42 pm (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	10.98×10−6/K (at 20 °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
Speed of sound thin rod	12,890 m/s (at r.t.)
Poisson ratio	0.032
Mohs hardness	6.0
Vickers hardness	1670 MPa
Brinell hardness	590–1320 MPa
CAS Number	7440-41-7
History
Naming	after mineral Beryl, from Greek βήρυλλος, which referred to various blue-green stones
Discovery	Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1798)
First isolation	Friedrich Wöhler & Antoine Bussy (1828)
Isotopes of beryllium v; e;
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Be · Beryllium
Li ← ibox Li	^iso ₄Be [e] IB-Be [e] IBisos [e]	→ B ibox B
cat:Be (10) cat:Be-isotopes (14) Commons Wikidata:Q569 Wiktionary
indexes by PT (page) v e

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^ "Standard Atomic Weights: Beryllium". CIAAW. 2013.
^ Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
^ Apfelbaum, E. M. (2012-12-20). "Estimate of Beryllium Critical Point on the Basis of Correspondence between the Critical and the Zeno-Line Parameters". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 116 (50): 14660–14666. doi:10.1021/jp309757a. ISSN 1520-6106. PMID 23194150.
^ Berthold, Chantsalmaa; Maurer, Johannes; Klerner, Lukas; Harder, Prof. Dr. Sjoerd; Buchner, Dr. Magnus R. (2024-05-31). "Formation, Structure and Reactivity of a Beryllium(0) Complex with Mg^δ+−Be^δ− Bond Polarization". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63 (35): e202408422. doi:10.1002/anie.202408422.
^ Beryllium(0) is present in LMgBeCp* (L = a complex diimide ligand, Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) with a magnesium-beryllium polar bond.^[5]
^ Boronski, Josef T.; Crumpton, Agamemnon E.; Wales, Lewis L.; Aldridge, Simon (2023-06-16). "Diberyllocene, a stable compound of Be(I) with a Be–Be bond". Science. 380 (6650): 1147–1149. Bibcode:2023Sci...380.1147B. doi:10.1126/science.adh4419. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 37319227. S2CID 259166086.
^ Be(I) is known in CpBeBeCp.^[7]
^ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
^ Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 14.48. ISBN 1-4398-5511-0.
^ ^a ^b Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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[CIAAWberyllium-1] "Standard Atomic Weights: Beryllium". CIAAW. 2013.

[CIAAW2021-2] Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.

[Arblaster_2018-3] Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.

[4] Apfelbaum, E. M. (2012-12-20). "Estimate of Beryllium Critical Point on the Basis of Correspondence between the Critical and the Zeno-Line Parameters". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 116 (50): 14660–14666. doi:10.1021/jp309757a. ISSN 1520-6106. PMID 23194150.

[Be(0)-5] Berthold, Chantsalmaa; Maurer, Johannes; Klerner, Lukas; Harder, Prof. Dr. Sjoerd; Buchner, Dr. Magnus R. (2024-05-31). "Formation, Structure and Reactivity of a Beryllium(0) Complex with Mg^δ+−Be^δ− Bond Polarization". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63 (35): e202408422. doi:10.1002/anie.202408422.

[6] Beryllium(0) is present in LMgBeCp* (L = a complex diimide ligand, Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) with a magnesium-beryllium polar bond.^[5]

[BCWABe(I)-7] Boronski, Josef T.; Crumpton, Agamemnon E.; Wales, Lewis L.; Aldridge, Simon (2023-06-16). "Diberyllocene, a stable compound of Be(I) with a Be–Be bond". Science. 380 (6650): 1147–1149. Bibcode:2023Sci...380.1147B. doi:10.1126/science.adh4419. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 37319227. S2CID 259166086.

[8] Be(I) is known in CpBeBeCp.^[7]

[10] Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.

[11] Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 14.48. ISBN 1-4398-5511-0.

[NUBASE2020-12] Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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