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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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    The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...
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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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  • 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 Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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 bromide may refer to: Iridium(IV) bromide (iridium tetrabromide), OsBr4 Iridium(III) bromide (iridium tribromide), OsBr3 This set index article...
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    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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    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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  • 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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    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(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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    February 10, 2009, two communications satellites—the active commercial Iridium 33 and the derelict Russian military Kosmos 2251—accidentally collided...
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  • The Iridium Controversy is the sixth studio album by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, released on September 16, 2003 by Cuneiform Records. Adapted from The...
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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(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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    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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  • Iridium sulfide may refer to: Iridium(III) sulfide, Ir2S3 Iridium disulfide, IrS2 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated...
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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(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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