BERYLLIUM

The beryllium is a chemical element of symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is an element alcalinotérreo, emerald of green, hard, light and fragile color. It uses principally as stiffener in alloys, specially of copper.
The beryllium (of the Greek βερυλλoς Beryl) or glucinio (of the Englishman glucinium and this one of the Greek γλυκυς, sweet) for the flavor of his you go out, it was discovered by Vauquelin in 1798 in the shape of oxide in the beryl and the emerald. Friedrich Wöhler and A. A. Bussy of independent form isolated the metal in 1828 by means of reaction of potassium with chloride of beryllium.
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