.      	                4 electrons in 2 orbits

Beryllium is element number 4
Its nucleus contains four protons and five (or four) neutrons (Atomic Mass=9 or 8)
and there are 4 electrons in orbit around the nucleus,
two in the first shell,
and two in the second shell.

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