Beryllium is element 4, an alkaline earth of the s block, in group 2, period 2. Its ground-state configuration is [He] 2s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 2.
It was discovered in 1797, by Vauquelin.
Name origin: beryl, a mineral.
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