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  2. Osmium - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Osmium compounds - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Smithson Tennant - Wikipedia

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    The blue plaque for Smithson Tennant in Finkle Street, Selby, North Yorkshire. Smithson Tennant FRS (30 November 1761 [1] – 22 February 1815 [2]) was an English chemist.He is best known for his discovery of the elements iridium and osmium, which he found in the residues from the solution of platinum ores in 1803.

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  6. Isotopes of osmium - Wikipedia

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    Osmium (76 Os) has seven naturally occurring isotopes, five of which are stable: 187 Os, 188 Os, 189 Os, 190 Os, and (most abundant) 192 Os. The other natural isotopes, 184 Os, and 186 Os, have extremely long half-life (1.12×10 13 years and 2×10 15 years, respectively) and for practical purposes can be considered to be stable as well.

  7. Group 8 element - Wikipedia

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    Group 8 is a group (column) of chemical elements in the periodic table.It consists of iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), osmium (Os) and hassium (Hs). [1] " Group 8" is the modern standard designation for this group, adopted by the IUPAC in 1990. [1]

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  9. Template:Infobox osmium - Wikipedia

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    Spectral lines of osmium: Other properties; Natural occurrence: primordial: Crystal structure