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Which metallic element may be considered as the periodic table's "cruel joke", and why?
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Which metallic element may be considered as the periodic table's "cruel joke", and why?

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Beryllium This is because it is in a group where Alkaline earth metals are but does not exhibit true properties of elements in that group as It exhibits amphoteric properties showing both the properties of a base and that of an acid.
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