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Definition of Beryllium

1. Noun. A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.

Definition of Beryllium

1. n. A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.

Definition of Beryllium

1. Noun. The chemical element with an atomic number of 4; a light metal with specialist industrial applications. ¹

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Definition of Beryllium

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Medical Definition of Beryllium

1. A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Beryllium

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1. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"beryllium is a rare metal found in the form of a silicate ... beryllium oxide is a white, tasteless powder, insoluble in water. The ignited earth dissolves ..."

2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"Phosphates of beryllium. When a solution of beryllium nitrate is mixed with one ... When a solution of sodium phosphate is added to a mixture of beryllium ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"The quantity of substance yielding this spectrum is equivalent to one-millionth of a milligramme of beryllium. As I have pointed out in the case of ..."

4. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1908)
"Almost all the beryllium compounds are made from beryl. This is disintegrated by fusing with potassium carbonate. The fused mass, after cooling, ..."

5. Niosh Recommendations for Occupational Safety & Health: Compendium of Policy by DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"... beryllium Elemental beryllium and beryllium compounds include but are not limited to the following compounds: Acetic acid, beryllium salt ..."

6. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Thomas Atkinson Lawson (1897)
"Metallic beryllium has a specific gravity 1'64 (Nilson and Pettersson). It is very infusible, melting at nearly the same temperature as silver, ..."

7. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"The beryllium precipitates as beryllium hydroxide during the evaporation. Collect the precipitate on a filter and boil down the solution still further, ..."

8. Modern Inorganic Chemistry by Joseph William Mellor (1912)
"beryllium and Magnesium. History of beryllium.-—While analyzing beryl, in 1797, LN Vauquelin found that a precipitate which he thought to be aluminium ..."

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