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Compare Calcium vs Beryllium

Comparing Calcium (Ca) and Beryllium (Be). Atomic numbers 20 and 4 with atomic masses 40.078 u and 9.012 u, classified as alkaline earth metal and alkaline earth metal. Below: a side-by-side comparison of their physical, atomic, electron-configuration and historical properties, including density, melting and boiling points, ionization energies, oxidation states and discovery history.

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Ca
Calcium
#20
Be
Beryllium
#4

Periodic properties of the elements

CalciumBeryllium
SymbolCaBe
Atomic number204
Group22
Period42
Blockds
Element categoryAlkaline Earth MetalAlkaline Earth Metal

Physical properties

CalciumBeryllium
Phase at STPSolidSolid
Density1.55 g/cm31.85 g/cm3
Atomic weight40.0784 u9.01218 u
Melting point1115 K
841.85 °C
1547.33 °F		1560 K
1286.85 °C
2348.33 °F
Boiling point1757 K
1483.85 °C
2702.93 °F		2742 K
2468.85 °C
4475.93 °F

Atomic properties

CalciumBeryllium
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)11.57
Electron affinity2.37 kJ/mol-48 kJ/mol
Oxidation states+1, +2
(a strongly basic oxide)		0, +1, +2
(an amphoteric oxide)
Ionization energies
  1. 589.8 kJ/mol
  2. 1145.4 kJ/mol
  3. 4912.4 kJ/mol
  4. 6491 kJ/mol
  5. 8153 kJ/mol
  6. 10496 kJ/mol
  7. 12270 kJ/mol
  8. 14206 kJ/mol
  9. 18191 kJ/mol
  10. 20385 kJ/mol
  11. 57110 kJ/mol
  12. 63410 kJ/mol
  13. 70110 kJ/mol
  14. 78890 kJ/mol
  15. 86310 kJ/mol
  16. 94000 kJ/mol
  17. 104900 kJ/mol
  18. 111711 kJ/mol
  19. 494850 kJ/mol
  20. 527762 kJ/mol
  1. 899.5 kJ/mol
  2. 1757.1 kJ/mol
  3. 14848.7 kJ/mol
  4. 21006.6 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

CalciumBeryllium
Shorthand configuration[Ar] 4s2 [He] 2s2
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 1s2 2s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 8, 22, 2

History

CalciumBeryllium
DiscoveryHumphry Davy (1808)Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1798)
First isolationHumphry Davy (1808)Friedrich Wöhler, Antoine Bussy (1828)
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