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    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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  • Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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(III) bromide is a bromide of iridium(III), with the chemical formula of IrBr3. Iridium(III) bromide can be formed by reacting iridium(II) bromide...
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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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  • 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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    The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...
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  • Iridium compounds are compounds containing the element iridium (Ir). Iridium forms compounds in oxidation states between −3 and +9, but the most common...
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  • Iridium(IV) iodide is a binary chemical compound of iridium and iodide with the chemical formula IrI 4. Iridium(IV) iodide can be obtained by reacting...
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    Iridium(IV) fluoride is a chemical compound of iridium and fluorine, with the chemical formula IrF4 and is a dark brown solid. Early reports of IrF4 prior...
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    Iridium 33 was a communications satellite launched by Russia for Iridium Communications. It was launched into low Earth orbit from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur...
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    Iridium disulfide is the binary inorganic compound with the formula IrS2. Prepared by the direct reaction of the elements, the compound adopts the pyrite...
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  • Iridium tetrachloride is an inorganic compound with the approximate formula IrCl4(H2O)n. It is a water-soluble dark brown amorphous solid. A well defined...
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    Iridium acetylacetonate is the iridium coordination complex with the formula Ir(O2C5H7)3, which is sometimes known as Ir(acac)3. The molecule has D3-symmetry...
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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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  • 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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    Platinum–iridium alloys are alloys of the platinum group precious metals platinum and iridium. Typical alloy proportions are 90:10 or 70:30 (Pt:Ir). These...
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    Iridium(III) iodide is an iodide of iridium, with the chemical formula of IrI3. Iridium(III) iodide can be obtained by reducing iridium(IV) iodide with...
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    Iridium 7 was a U.S. Iridium communications satellite. It was launched into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 14:55 GMT on 5 May 1997,...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Calliostoma iridium, common name the Panama rainbow top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. The...
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    Iridium(III) sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ir2S3. It is an insoluble black solid, prepared by heating a mixture of elemental iridium...
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