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Arsenic

"The toxicity of beryllium is on par with other toxic metals, such as arsenic and mercury" --> Arsenic is not a metal.Eudialytos (talk) 22:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Depends who you ask. Double sharp (talk) 15:22, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changed article to read "metalloids/metals" since few would consider arsenic a metal. The current arsenic wiki page identifies arsenic as a metalloid. I agree there is no precise definition of "metalloid." Rdevany (talk) 02:19, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. Thanks!Eudialytos (talk) 23:19, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IUPAC?

In the periodic table there are metals, non-metals, and semimetals. Arsenic belongs to the last group.Eudialytos (talk) 23:18, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Beryllium-8 natural occurrence

Shouldn't beryllium-8 be listed as "intermediate " rather than "synthetic", since it's in secular equilibrium in helium fusing stars such as the sun? 174.103.211.189 (talk) 04:16, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria due to several uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. Is anyone interested in addressing this concern, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:25, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Beryllium

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Result pending

The article contains uncited statements, some tagged with "citation needed" since 2023. Z1720 (talk) 23:29, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like an easy "save". There are a lot of citations. One area that is weak is isotopes, may be @Double sharp or @Nucleus hydro elemon knows sources?

I Looked in to the two citation needed and simply deleted the sentences as unsourced and not notable. Johnjbarton (talk) 02:09, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnjbarton: I added cn tags to the places where I think citations are needed. Z1720 (talk) 02:20, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]