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Compare two chemical elements side by side across 19 atomic and physical properties.

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Property Be Beryllium O Oxygen
Atomic Number 4 lower 8 lower
Symbol Be different O different
Name Beryllium different Oxygen different
Atomic Mass 9.0122 lower 15.999 lower
Category Alkaline Earth Metals different Reactive Nonmetals different
Period 2 same value 2 same value
Group 2 lower 16 lower
Block s-Block different p-Block different
Standard State Solid different Gas different
Electronegativity 1.57 lower 3.44 lower
Atomic Radius 153 higher 152 higher
Ionization Energy 9.323 lower 13.618 lower
Electron Affinity — no data 1.461 no data
Oxidation States +2 different -2 different
Melting Point 1560 K (1286.85 °C) higher 54.36 K (-218.79 °C) higher
Boiling Point 2744 K (2470.85 °C) higher 90.2 K (-182.95 °C) higher
Density 1.85 higher 0.0014 higher
Electron Configuration [He]2s2 different [He]2s2 2p4 different
Year Discovered 1798 different 1774 different

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