beryllium
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beryllium
Summary
beryllium is a chemical element[1]. beryllium draws 112 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #49 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- beryllium is credited with the discovery of Louis Nicolas Vauquelin[3].
- beryllium is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Wöhler[4].
- beryllium is credited with the discovery of Antoine Bussy[5].
- beryllium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[6].
- beryllium's instance of is recorded as combustible powder[7].
- beryllium's instance of is recorded as simple substance[8].
- beryllium's instance of is recorded as lithophile[9].
- beryl is named after beryllium[10].
- beryllium is made of beryl[11].
- beryllium's location of discovery is recorded as France[12].
- beryllium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Be][13].
- beryllium's element symbol is recorded as Be[14].
- beryllium's chemical formula is recorded as Be[15].
- beryllium is a type of metal[16].
- beryllium is a type of alkaline earth metal[17].
- beryllium is a type of light metal[18].
- beryllium is a type of s-block[19].
- beryllium is part of alkaline earth metal[20].
- beryllium is part of period 2[21].
- beryllium's Commons category is recorded as Beryllium[22].
- beryllium's Unicode character is recorded as 鈹[23].
- beryllium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[24].
- beryllium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1798[25].
- beryllium's point group is recorded as dihexagonal-dipyramidal[26].
- beryllium's space group is recorded as space group P6₃/mmc[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include chemical element[6], combustible powder[7], simple substance[8], and lithophile[9]. Recorded subclass of include metal[16], alkaline earth metal[17], light metal[18], and s-block[19].
Origins
beryl is named after beryllium[10].
Use and Application
Part of include alkaline earth metal[20], a group[28] and period 2[21], a period[29].
Influence
Things named for beryllium include beryllonite[30], a mineral species[31]; babefphite[32], a mineral species[33]; berborite[34], a mineral species[35]; asbecasite[36], a mineral species[37]; nabesite[38], a mineral species[39]; behoite[40], a mineral species[41]; and liberite[42], a mineral species[43].
Why It Matters
beryllium draws 112 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #49 of 144).[2] beryllium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] beryllium is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for beryllium include beryllonite[30], a mineral species[31]; babefphite[32], a mineral species[33]; berborite[34], a mineral species[35]; asbecasite[36], a mineral species[37]; nabesite[38], a mineral species[39]; and behoite[40], a mineral species[41].