Beryllium yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan ƙarfe mara nauyi mara nauyi tare da kyawawan kaddarorin da yawa kuma ana amfani dashi ko'ina a fasahar nukiliya, sararin samaniya da masana'antar jirgin sama, kayan aikin kewayawa da sauran filaye masu inganci.Beryllium yana da ƙarancin ƙima, babban wurin narkewa, babban modulus, kyakkyawar watsawar radiation, ƙarancin Poisson's rabo, kyawawan kaddarorin nukiliya, babban takamaiman zafi, ingantaccen yanayin girma, kyakkyawan yanayin zafi, da juriya ga hasken infrared.Idan aka kwatanta da sauran karafa, yana da ƙarin ƙimar aikace-aikacen a cikin madaidaicin filayen.

Metal beryllium yana da tsada kuma an fi amfani dashi a cikin tsaro da filayen sararin samaniya inda farashin farashin ya kusan yin watsi da shi, kuma ana amfani da ƙananan kuɗi a wuraren kasuwanci inda aikin wasu kayan ba zai iya cika bukatun ba.Aikace-aikacen beryllium na ƙarfe ya kasu kashi bakwai, wato makaman nukiliya, kewayawa inertial, tsarin gani, kayan gini, thermodynamics, ilimin kimiyyar makamashi mai ƙarfi da aikace-aikacen kayan aiki masu ƙarfi.