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

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

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