Beryllium is a silvery-white, lustrous, relatively soft metal of group 2 of the periodic table. The metal is unaffected by air or water, even at red heat. When copper and nickel are alloyed with ...

But why beryllium, the number four element in the periodic table? There are several reasons for this, explains Dickopf, one of which is: "It has a small atomic nucleus, which is why certain ...