Symbol
In
Be
Group Number
132
0
17
👆🏻
Period Number
52
2
7
👆🏻
Block
p block
s block
Element Family
Post-Transition
Alkaline Earth
CAS Number
74407467440417
7429905
54386242
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Space Group Name
I4/mmm
P63/mmc
Space Group Number
139.00194.00
11
276
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Interesting Facts
- Luster of Indium is bright in nature.
- Reich and richer were looking for thallium in zinc metal and they discovered Indium metal.
- Beryllium is best anti corrosion metal.
- Beryllium is the lightest metal and still it is stronger than steel.
- It also finds various applications in Nuclear reactors as a reflector.
Sources
Mining, Ores of metals
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
Discovery
In 1863
In 1797
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
0.00 %0.00 %
0
0.11
👆🏻
Abundance In Sun
0.00 %0.00 %
0
0.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
0
22
👆🏻
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
1E-37
8.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
0
1.1
👆🏻
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %0.00 %
0
1.4
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Uses & Benefits
- It is used to produce indium tin oxide (ITO), it is used in manufacturing touch screens, flat screen TVs and solar panels.
- Its nitride, phosphide and antimonide are used in transistors and microchips.
- Its alloys with copper or nickel are used in manufacturing Gyroscopes, springs, electrical contact and non sparking tools.
- Beryllium Alloys are used as a material for aircraft, missiles, spacecraft and satellite.
Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Medical Uses
Medical Research
-
Other Uses
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors
Alloys
Biological Properties
Toxicity
Non Toxic
Toxic
Present in Human Body
✔
✘
✔
✘
In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-30.00 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
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In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
0
170000
👆🏻
Melting Point
156.61 °C1,278.00 °C
-38.83
3410
👆🏻
Boiling Point
2,000.00 °C2,970.00 °C
0
5660
👆🏻
Appearance
Physical State
Solid
Solid
Color
Silvery Gray
White Gray
Luster
Lustrous
Metallic
Hardness
Mohs Hardness
1.205.50
0.2
8.5
👆🏻
Brinell Hardness
8.80 MPa590.00 MPa
0.14
3490
👆🏻
Vickers Hardness
0.01 MPa1,670.00 MPa
0
3920
👆🏻
Speed of Sound
1,215.00 m/s12,890.00 m/s
818
16200
👆🏻
Optical Properties
Refractive Index
3.411.56
0.155
3.41
👆🏻
Reflectivity
83.00 %65.00 %
5
97
👆🏻
Allotropes
✔
✘
✔
✘
α Allotropes
-
-
β Allotropes
-
-
γ Allotropes
-
-
Chemical Formula
In
Be
Isotopes
Known Isotopes
359
0
38
👆🏻
Electronegativity
Pauling Electronegativity
1.781.57
0
2.6
👆🏻
Sanderson Electronegativity
2.141.81
0.22
2.56
👆🏻
Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.491.47
0.86
1.9
👆🏻
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
1.761.54
0.62
2.48
👆🏻
Allen Electronegativity
1.661.58
0.659
2.7
👆🏻
Electropositivity
Pauling Electropositivity
2.222.43
1.46
3.3
👆🏻
Ionization Energies
1st Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol899.50 kJ/mol
375.7
26130
👆🏻
2nd Energy Level
1,820.70 kJ/mol1,757.10 kJ/mol
392.8
28750
👆🏻
3rd Energy Level
2,704.00 kJ/mol14,848.70 kJ/mol
392.8
34230
👆🏻
4th Energy Level
5,210.00 kJ/mol21,006.60 kJ/mol
375.7
37066
👆🏻
5th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
392
97510
👆🏻
6th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol1,470.00 kJ/mol
1007
105800
👆🏻
7th Energy level
5,580.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
1007
114300
👆🏻
8th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
730
125300
👆🏻
9th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
1007
134700
👆🏻
10th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
392
144300
👆🏻
11th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
392
169988
👆🏻
12th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol29,700.00 kJ/mol
0
189368
👆🏻
13th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
1007
76015
👆🏻
14th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
380
86450
👆🏻
15th Energy Level
55,800.00 kJ/mol89,900.00 kJ/mol
33000
100700
👆🏻
16th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol89,900.00 kJ/mol
375.7
109480
👆🏻
17th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
375.7
122200
👆🏻
18th Energy Level
5,580.00 kJ/mol8,995.00 kJ/mol
0
134810
👆🏻
19th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol899.50 kJ/mol
375.7
148700
👆🏻
20th Energy Level
558.00 kJ/mol899.00 kJ/mol
0
171200
👆🏻
21st Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
375.7
179100
👆🏻
22nd Energy Level
558.00 kJ/mol899.00 kJ/mol
330
184900
👆🏻
23rd Energy Level
5,581.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
357.6
198800
👆🏻
24th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol297.30 kJ/mol
297.3
195200
👆🏻
25th Energy Level
558.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
0
121900
👆🏻
26th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
357.6
127700
👆🏻
27th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol297.30 kJ/mol
0
133800
👆🏻
28th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol297.30 kJ/mol
297.3
139800
👆🏻
29th Energy Level
558.30 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
0
148100
👆🏻
30th Energy Level
558.00 kJ/mol2,970.00 kJ/mol
0
154500
👆🏻
Electrochemical Equivalent
1.43 g/amp-hr0.17 g/amp-hr
0.16812
8.3209
👆🏻
Electron Work Function
4.12 eV4.98 eV
2.14
6
👆🏻
Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity, Solubility
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes
Atomic Number
494
3
117
👆🏻
Electron Configuration
[Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p1
[He] 2s2
Crystal Structure
Tetragonal (TETR)
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
Crystal Lattice
Atom
Number of Protons
494
3
117
👆🏻
Number of Neutrons
665
4
285
👆🏻
Number of Electrons
494
3
117
👆🏻
Radius of an Atom
Atomic Radius
167.00 pm112.00 pm
0
348
👆🏻
Covalent Radius
142.00 pm96.00 pm
0
260
👆🏻
Van der Waals Radius
193.00 pm153.00 pm
0
348
👆🏻
Atomic Weight
114.82 amu9.01 amu
6.94
294
👆🏻
Atomic Volume
15.70 cm3/mol5.00 cm3/mol
1.39
71.07
👆🏻
Adjacent Atomic Numbers
Previous Element
Next Element
Valence Electron Potential
54.00 (-eV)82.00 (-eV)
0
392.42
👆🏻
Lattice Constant
325.23 pm228.58 pm
0
891.25
👆🏻
Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
Lattice C/A Ratio
1.561.57
0.423
1.9
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Density
Density At Room Temperature
7.31 g/cm31.85 g/cm3
0.534
40.7
👆🏻
Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
7.02 g/cm31.69 g/cm3
0.512
41
👆🏻
Tensile Strength
2.50 MPa287.00 MPa
0.1
11000
👆🏻
Viscosity
0.000.00
1.5E-05
0.0035
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure
Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.01 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
0
121
👆🏻
Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
0.00 (Pa)0.00 (Pa)
0
774
👆🏻
Elasticity properties
Shear Modulus
18.00 GPa132.00 GPa
1.3
222
👆🏻
Bulk Modulus
46.90 GPa130.00 GPa
0
462
👆🏻
Young's Modulus
11.00 GPa287.00 GPa
0
528
👆🏻
Poisson Ratio
0.440.03
0.032
0.47
👆🏻
Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
-
Magnetic Characteristics
Specific Gravity
7.311.85
0.53
4500
👆🏻
Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
Diamagnetic
Permeability
0.00 H/m0.00 H/m
1.25643E-06
0.0063
👆🏻
Susceptibility
0.000.00
-0.000166
200000
👆🏻
Electrical Properties
Electrical Property
Conductor
Semiconductor
Resistivity
83.70 nΩ·m36.00 nΩ·m
0.1
961
👆🏻
Electrical Conductivity
0.12 106/cm Ω0.31 106/cm Ω
0
0.63
👆🏻
Electron Affinity
28.90 kJ/mol0.00 kJ/mol
0
222.8
👆🏻
Specific Heat
0.23 J/(kg K)1.82 J/(kg K)
0.1
3.6
👆🏻
Molar Heat Capacity
26.74 J/mol·K16.44 J/mol·K
13.1
62.7
👆🏻
Thermal Conductivity
81.80 W/m·K200.00 W/m·K
0
429
👆🏻
Critical Temperature
429.75 K1,551.00 K
26.3
3695
👆🏻
Thermal Expansion
32.10 µm/(m·K)11.30 µm/(m·K)
4.5
97
👆🏻
Enthalpy
Enthalpy of Vaporization
226.40 kJ/mol294.70 kJ/mol
7.32
799.1
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Fusion
3.28 kJ/mol11.72 kJ/mol
2.1
35.23
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Atomization
242.70 kJ/mol326.40 kJ/mol
61.5
837
👆🏻
Standard Molar Entropy
57.80 J/mol.K9.50 J/mol.K
9.5
198.1
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