berylliumnoun [ U ]
uk/bəˈrɪl.i.əm/us/bəˈrɪl.i.əm/symbol Bea chemical element that is a hard, light, silver-grey metal, used to make strong alloys (= mixtures of metals)
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Chemical elements
- alkali metal
- antimony
- calcium
- carbonic
- carbonic acid
- cesium
- cl
- graphene
- lithium
- molybdenum
- nickel
- quicksilver
- sodium
- strontium
- sulphur
- transition metal
- tungsten
- urea
- vanadium
- zinc
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Examples from literature
- The volcanoes we shot three months ago yielded a fine flow of lava with all sorts of metals—nickel, beryllium, vanadium, chromium, iridium, as well as copper and iron.
- There are considerable deposits of beryllium, and they occur in high concentration in its ores.