-- card: 4900 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 2680 -- name: -- part contents for background part 8 ----- text ----- BERYLLIUM -- part contents for background part 9 ----- text ----- 4 -- part contents for background part 10 ----- text ----- Be -- part contents for background part 11 ----- text ----- 9.013 -- part contents for background part 12 ----- text ----- 2-2 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 1.85 -- part contents for background part 25 ----- text ----- 1278° C -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- 1970° C -- part contents for background part 27 ----- text ----- +2 -- part contents for background part 28 ----- text ----- HCP -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- lightweight, corrosion-resistant, steel-gray-metal -- part contents for background part 30 ----- text ----- Beryllium copper springs, electrical contacts, x-ray tube windows, non-sparking safety tools, structures in computers, aircraft -- part contents for background part 31 ----- text ----- Beryllium has hight fatigue resistance and is very light. The crystalline variety is very hard and is transparent to some infrared sections. It is easily penetrated by X-rays. Discovered in 1798 by Vauquelin.