Beryllium - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: berylliumBeryl
A mineral of great hardness and when transparent of much beauty It occurs in hexagonal prisms commonly of a green or bluish green color but also yellow pink and white It is a silicate of aluminum and beryllium The aquamarine is a transparent sea green variety used as a gem The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry and distinguished by its deep color which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium...
Beryllium
A metallic element found in the beryl See Glucinum...
Glucinum
A rare metallic element of a silver white color and low specific gravity 21 resembling magnesium It never occurs naturally in the free state but is always combined usually with silica or alumina or both as in the minerals phenacite chrysoberyl beryl or emerald euclase and danalite It was named from its oxide glucina which was known long before the element was isolated Symbol Gl Atomic weight 91 Called also beryllium...
Prescribed substance
Prescribed substance, means any substance includ-ing any mineral which the Central Government may, by notification, prescribe, being a substance which in its opinion is or may be used for the production or use of atomic energy or research into matters connected therewith and includes, pluto-nium, thorium, beryllium, deuterium or any of their respective derivatives or compounds or any other materials containing any of the aforesaid substances. [Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962), s. 2(1) (g)]...
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