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...

Osmium tetroxide (also osmium(VIII) oxide) is the chemical compound with the formula OsO4. The compound is noteworthy for its many uses, despite its toxicity...

Osmium (76Os) has seven naturally occurring isotopes, five of which are stable: 187Os, 188Os, 189Os, 190Os, and (most abundant) 192Os. The other natural...

Osmium diphosphide is a binary inorganic compound of osmium metal and phosphorus with the chemical formula OsP2. Osmium diphosphide can be obtained by...

Osmium chloride may refer to: Osmium(III) chloride, OsCl3 Osmium(IV) chloride (osmium tetrachloride), OsCl4 Osmium(V) chloride (osmium pentachloride),...

Osmium hexafluoride, also osmium(VI) fluoride, (OsF6) is a compound of osmium and fluorine, and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides. Osmium...

Osmium fluoride may refer to: Osmium(IV) fluoride (osmium tetrafluoride), OsF4 Osmium(V) fluoride (osmium pentafluoride), OsF5 Osmium(VI) fluoride (osmium...

Look up Osmium or osmium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Osmium is a chemical element with symbol Os and atomic number 76. Osmium may also refer to:...

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Osmium bromide may refer to: Osmium(IV) bromide (osmium tetrabromide), OsBr4 Osmium(III) bromide (osmium tribromide), OsBr3 This set index article lists...

experiments have confirmed that hassium behaves as the heavier homologue to osmium, reacting readily with oxygen to form a volatile tetroxide. The chemical...

group, it is considered the second-densest naturally occurring metal (after osmium) with a density of 22.56 g/cm3 (0.815 lb/cu in) as defined by experimental...

Osmium tetrasulfide is an inorganic compound, a salt of osmium metal and hydrogen sulfide acid with the chemical formula OsS4. Osmium tetrasulfide can...

Osmium heptafluoride is a possible inorganic chemical compound of osmium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula OsF 7. It was first reported in 1966...

Osmium(II) chloride or osmium dichloride is an inorganic compound composed of osmium metal and chlorine with the chemical formula OsCl 2. Osmium(II) chloride...

Osmium oxide may refer to: Osmium dioxide, OsO2 Osmium tetroxide, OsO4 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated with the same...

Osmium(III) chloride is an inorganic chemical compound of osmium metal and chlorine with the chemical formula OsCl3. Osmium(III) chloride can be made...

Osmium dioxide is an inorganic compound with the formula OsO2. It exists as brown to black crystalline powder, but single crystals are golden and exhibit...

Osmium borides are compounds of osmium and boron. Their most remarkable property is potentially high hardness. It is thought that a combination of high...

Osmium(IV) fluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of osmium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula OsF4. Passing fluorine over heated osmium...

Osmium compounds are compounds containing the element osmium (Os). Osmium forms compounds with oxidation states ranging from −2 to +8. The most common...

Osmium octafluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of osmium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula OsF8. Some sources consider it to be a still...

Osmium iodide refers to compounds of osmium with the formula OsIn. Several have been mentioned in the literature, but only the triiodide has been verified...

Osmium pentacarbonyl is the organoosmium compound with the formula Os(CO)5. It is the simplest isolatable carbonyl complex of osmium. Osmium pentacarbonyl...

solution. Osmium tetraoxide is used in optical microscopy to stain lipids. It dissolves in fats, and is reduced by organic materials to elemental osmium, an...

Osmium(III) tribromide is a binary inorganic compound with the chemical formula OsBr 3. Decomposition of osmium tetrabromide under vacuum heating: 2OsBr4...

elements in the periodic table. It consists of iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), osmium (Os) and hassium (Hs). "Group 8" is the modern standard designation for...

Osmium pentafluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula OsF5. It is a blue-green solid. Like the pentafluorides of Ru, Rh, and Ir, OsF5 exists as...

platinum, and the other platinum group metals (ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium) are most often so classified. Silver, copper, and mercury are...

alkene by osmium tetroxide, followed by a Malaprade reaction to cleave the diol using periodate. Periodate also serves to regenerate the osmium tetroxide...