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What are the distinctive behaviour of beryllium?

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Beryllium is small in size
(ii) It has high polarizing power.
(iii) Its electronegativity is relatively high.
(iv) It has high ionization enthalpy
(v) In valence shell, vacant d-orbitals are absent in beryllium
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