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Beryllium

Beryllium (Beryllium, Be) – chemical element II of group of periodic system of D. I. Mendeleyev with atomic number 4 and with an atomic mass of 9,0122; silvery color, rather firm and easy, but brittle threw; Beryllium and its connections are toxic for the person. Metal has strong permeability for x-ray emission in this connection it is applied to production of "windows" in X-ray apparatus.

 
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