Iridium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, it is...
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The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...
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Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. Iridium...
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Look up Iridium or iridium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Iridium is a chemical element with symbol Ir and atomic number 77. Iridium may also refer...
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Satellite flare (redirect from Iridium flare)
than positive magnitudes, i.e. the scale is reverse logarithmic . The Iridium constellation was one of the first anthropogenic sources of near-space...
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There are two natural isotopes of iridium (77Ir), and 37 radioisotopes, the most stable radioisotope being 192Ir with a half-life of 73.83 days, and many...
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Iridium-192 (symbol 192Ir) is a radioactive isotope of iridium, with a half-life of 73.827 days. It decays by emitting beta (β) particles and gamma (γ)...
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Iridium hexafluoride, also iridium(VI) fluoride, (IrF6) is a compound of iridium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides. It is...
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Iridium fluoride may refer to: Iridium(III) fluoride, IrF3 Iridium(IV) fluoride, IrF4 Iridium(V) fluoride, IrF5 Iridium(VI) fluoride, IrF6, or iridium...
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Iridium trifluoride is a binary chemical compound of iridium and fluorine with the chemical formula IrF 3. Reduction of iridium hexafluoride by metallic...
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Vaska's complex (redirect from Iridium(I)bis(triphenylphosphine))
iridium(I), which has the formula IrCl(CO)[P(C6H5)3]2. This square planar diamagnetic organometallic complex consists of a central iridium atom bound...
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Iridium(III) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula IrCl3. The anhydrous compound is relatively rare, but the related hydrate is much more...
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Iridium chloride is a group of inorganic chemical compounds of iridium metal and chlorine. The term can refer to: Iridium(III) chloride (iridium trichloride)...
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The term iridium anomaly commonly refers to an unusual abundance of the chemical element iridium in a layer of rock strata at the Cretaceous–Paleogene...
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Iridium tetrabromide is a binary inorganic chemical compound of iridium and bromine with the chemical formula IrBr4. This is a salt of iridium metal and...
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Meitnerium (redirect from Eka-Iridium)
been carried out to confirm that it behaves as the heavier homologue to iridium in group 9 as the seventh member of the 6d series of transition metals...
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a density of 22.59 g/cm3. Manufacturers use its alloys with platinum, iridium, and other platinum-group metals to make fountain pen nib tipping, electrical...
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Platinum group (section Iridium)
The six platinum-group metals are ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. They have similar physical and chemical properties, and...
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Heterochromia iridum (redirect from Heterochromia iridium)
a review of morphologic correlates and of some conditions that affect iridial pigmentation throughout life". Survey of Ophthalmology. 41 (Suppl 2): S117–23...
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Iridium bromide may refer to: Iridium(IV) bromide (iridium tetrabromide), OsBr4 Iridium(III) bromide (iridium tribromide), OsBr3 This set index article...
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Cyclooctadiene iridium methoxide dimer is an organoiridium compound with the formula Ir2(OCH3)2(C8H12)2, where C8H12 is the diene 1,5-cyclooctadiene....
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Iridium(IV) oxide, IrO2, is the only well-characterised oxide of iridium. It is a blue-black solid. The compound adopts the TiO2 rutile structure, featuring...
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"SpaceX Returns To Flight with Iridium NEXT launch – and landing". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017. "Iridium Adds Eighth Launch with SpaceX...
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Group 9 element (section Iridium)
periodic table. Members of Group 9 include cobalt (Co), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir) and meitnerium (Mt). These elements are among the rarest of the transition...
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Iridium(II) chloride is an inorganic chemical compound of iridium metal and chlorine with the chemical formula IrCl2. This is a metal salt of iridium...
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Sinus Iridum (redirect from Sinus Iridium)
Sinus Iridum /ˈsaɪnəs ˈɪrɪdəm/ (Latin sinus īridum "Bay of Rainbows") is a plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium...
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Iridium tetroxide (IrO4, Iridium(VIII) oxide) is a binary compound of oxygen and iridium in oxidation state +8. This compound was formed by photochemical...
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Cyclooctadiene iridium chloride dimer is an organoiridium compound with the formula [Ir(μ2-Cl)(COD)]2, where COD is the diene 1,5-cyclooctadiene (C8H12)...
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Organoiridium chemistry (section Iridium(0))
Organoiridium chemistry is the chemistry of organometallic compounds containing an iridium-carbon chemical bond. Organoiridium compounds are relevant to many important...
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2009 satellite collision (redirect from Iridium-Kosmos collision)
February 10, 2009, two communications satellites—the active commercial Iridium 33 and the derelict Russian military Kosmos 2251—accidentally collided...
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