Alloys of Be, Mg, Zn, Cd and Hg

ALLOYS OF BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ZINC, CADMIUM AND MERCURY Beryllium, Be magnesium, Mg zinc, Zn cadmium, Cd mercury, Hg 

Owing to some similarities among their properties and alloying behaviour, beryllium and magnesium, metals of the 2nd group, will be presented in this chapter together with the last transition metals zinc, cadmium and mercury (see a few more remarks in 5.4). 

Beryllium (Be, [He]2.s 2), named from the mineral beryl. Also called, in the past, in the French speaking countries, glucinium, from the Greek (sweet). 

whitish, solid metal. Both finely divided metal and the compounds have serious toxic effects. 

Preparation. The ores are converted to an acid-soluble form by fusion chemical processes to obtain beryllium hydroxide or oxide and then beryllium chloride or fluoride are then applied, followed by electrolysis in the melt. 

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