Beryllium - Environmental Health Criteria 106
dc.contributor | Economy Division | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | World Health Organization | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | International Labour Organisation | en_US |
dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-16T07:13:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-16T07:13:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 924 157106 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/29434 | |
dc.description | Beryllium is a steel-grey, brittle metal, existing naturally only as the 9Be isotope. Its compounds are divalent. Beryllium has several unique properties. It is the lightest of all solid and chemically-stable substances, with an unusually high melting point, specific heat, heat of fusion, and strength-to-weight ratio. It has excellent electrical and thermal conductivities. Because of its low atomic number, beryllium is very permeable to X-rays. Its nuclear properties include the breaking, scattering, and reflecting of neutrons, as well as the emission of neutrons on alpha-bombardment. | en_US |
dc.format | Text | en_US |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.rights | Public | en_US |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | en_US |
dc.subject | CHEMICALS | en_US |
dc.subject | BERYLLIUM | en_US |
dc.subject | EPIDEMIOLOGY | en_US |
dc.title | Beryllium - Environmental Health Criteria 106 | en_US |
wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en_US |