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Six example sentences with beryllium, each labelled with its topic.
Satellite mirrors are machined from beryllium because the frame must stay rigid while weighing almost nothing.
Technology
Handling beryllium dust requires a sealed cabinet, since even a small inhaled dose damages the lungs permanently.
Science
The lens mount is cut from beryllium copper so the threads survive twenty thousand changes without wearing loose.
Photography
High-end speakers use beryllium tweeters because the stiff, light metal moves without flexing at very high frequencies.
Music
Beryllium was identified in 1798 by a French chemist studying emeralds, though pure metal was not produced for decades.
History
Workers who inhaled beryllium dust in old lamp factories developed a lung disease that doctors now screen for routinely.
Medicine
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