Name: Beryllium
Symbol: Be
Atomic Number: 4
Atomic Weight: 9.01218(3)
Density: 1.8477 g/cc
Melting Point: 1277.85 C
Boiling Point: 2969.85 C

just thought my first post should be one that would get me flamed.

see page 104



Post Edited (06-11-03 07:02)

Welcome.
That figure would be for PURE Beryllium. The element in question is a very difficult one to purify completely, so that the form usually supplied for manufacturing purposes contains some traces of other elements too: The presence of these impurities lowers both of the melting & boiling points. (By enough? I don't know...)

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Flamed? Flamed, forsooth? We flame not. Not even if heated to the melting point of Beryllium. Welcome, O Long-Named One. (Must get round to writing up those FAQs one of these days).



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flamed you might not be, but you're pretty certain to be known only as DODKOT from now on....
welcome anyway, and just a quick question, me having lent my copy of TEA to my mum, what does Polly say the melting point is? And are we likely to see this as an upgrade/bloophole removal at some point?

she says its 180.57șC
DODKOT is fine by me.
friday comes soon, and with it *droooooooooole* the end of school.
so close, yet so far...

Welcome, and thankyou for making me feel better about my own overly-extended name...

Nothing interesting to add, though...



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hello hello... just found this MB today ;)
The melting point of Lithium is 180.5 .... and it is right next to Be on the periodic table... hmmmmmmmm

kat :)

I think you are onto something, kat!



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I think so too.. Oh, "Welcome to the fforum" Kat.

Upgrade problem maybe?

In the Nextian universe though the majority of the Beryllium might not be tainted.

I think a complicated Goliath conspiracy theory could smooth over the beryllium mistake...and anyways, aren't authors always making mistakes and pretending that they were intentional? :)

Occam's Razor says that the simplest answer is probably the correct one:

Polly's thermometer only goes up to 180.57.