beryllium
pronunciation
How to pronounce beryllium in British English:
UK [bəˈrɪliəm]
How to pronounce beryllium in American English:
US [bəˈrɪliəm]
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- Noun:
- a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element
Word Origin
- beryllium (n.)
- metallic element, 1863, so called because it figures in the composition of the pale green precious stone beryl and was identified in emerald (green beryl) in 1797 by French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829) and first isolated in 1828. At first and through 19c. also sometimes called glucinum or glucinium.
Example
- 1. I wonder where he intends to find one ? Beryllium sphere ?
- 2. To detect such a tiny force , the nist team confined about 60 ultra-cold beryllium ions in a device called a penning trap , which uses magnetic and electric fields to imprison charged particles .
- 3. Isotopes of carbon in tree rings and beryllium in ice cores show a drop-off in solar radiation during much of the period .
- 4. It will take tens of thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete , plus a whole host of more unusual materials : beryllium , niobium , titanium and tungsten ; frigid liquid nitrogen and helium .
- 5. This is how richard went about trying to split the atom . First , he got a saucepan . Into it he put his radioactive elements the americium and radium . He mixed them up with sulphuric acid and beryllium , and turned on the stove .