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Osmium (from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) ' smell ') is a chemical element; it has symbol Os and atomic number 76. It is a hard, brittle, bluish-white transition metal in the platinum group that is found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores. Osmium is the densest naturally occurring element.
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Osmium(I) iodide is a metallic grey solid produced by the reaction of osmium tetroxide and hydroiodic acid heated in a water bath for 48 hours in a carbon dioxide atmosphere. It is an amorphous compound. [34] Osmium(II) iodide is a black solid [35] produced by the reaction of osmium tetroxide and hydroiodic acid at 250 °C in nitrogen: [34]
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Osmium(VIII) oxide is also used as a stain for lipids in optical microscopy. [26] OsO 4 also stains the human cornea (see safety considerations). A sample of cells fixed/stained with osmium tetroxide (black) embedded in epoxy resin (amber). The cells are black as a result of the effects of osmium tetroxide.
Osmium pentacarbonyl is the organoosmium compound with the formula Os(CO) 5.It is the simplest isolatable carbonyl complex of osmium. Osmium pentacarbonyl is a colorless volatile liquid that is obtained by treating solid triosmium dodecacarbonyl under 200 atmospheres of carbon monoxide at 280-290 °C.
Osmium heptafluoride is a possible inorganic chemical compound of osmium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula OsF 7 . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was first reported in 1966 by the reaction of fluorine and osmium at 600 °C and 400 atm, [ 4 ] but no purported synthesis could be reproduced in 2006, giving only osmium hexafluoride instead.
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