Osmium Definition

ŏzmē-əm
noun
A very hard, bluish-white, amorphous, metallic chemical element, one of the platinum metals: it occurs in the form of an alloy with platinum and iridium and is used in pen points, electric light filaments, etc., and as a catalyst: symbol, Os; at. no. 76
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 76
  • os

Origin of Osmium

  • From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmÄ“, “smell") (because of the strong smell of its oxide) + -ium

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek osmē smell (from the strong odor of osmium tetroxide)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Osmium Sentence Examples

  • The metal may be obtained from the residues obtained in the separation of osmium from osmiridium.

  • It dissolves slowly in water, and the aqueous solution is reduced by most metals with precipitation of osmium.

  • Imagine, working in an osmium tetroxide factory where your job is to seal the stuff in glass capsules!

  • In the following year he discovered rhodium; and at about the same time Smithson Tennant added two more to the list - iridium and osmium; the former was so named from the changing tints of its oxides (ipcs, rainbow), and the latter from the odour of its oxide (ovµA, smell).

  • This varies in metals from 594 (lithium) to 22.48 (osmium), and in one and the same species is a function of temperature and of previous physical and mechanical treatment.

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Words Starting With

OOSOSM

Words Ending With

MUMIUM

Unscrambles

osmium

Words Starting With O and Ending With M

Starts With O & Ends With MStarts With OS & Ends With MStarts With O & Ends With UM

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With O6 Letter Words Ending With M