OSMIUM, Os (76)

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OSMIUM

Os (76)

ˈɒzmiəm

PHONETICS

Osmium is a hard, brittle, bluish-white transition metal and is found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores. Being the densest, naturally occurring element, with a density of 22.59 g/cm3, its alloys with platinum, iridium, and other platinum group metals are employed in fountain pen nibs, electrical contacts, and other applications where extreme durability and hardness are needed.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1803 by Smithson Tennant, England.

DISCOVERY

Greek 'osme' meaning 'smell'.

ETYMOLOGY

Osmium

ELEMENT

Os

SYMBOL

76

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-04-2

CAS NUMBER
element

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Grey

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.250

POISSON RATIO


8.413 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


3.92G Pa, 38.687'4k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


7.00

MOHS HARDNESS


-

VICKERS HARDNESS


4,940 m/s, Mach 14.402'3

SPEED OF SOUND


-

BULK MODULUS


222.00G Pa, 2.191'0M Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


-

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

NONE

3,306.15 K, 3,033.00 °C

MELTING POINT


5,285.15 K, 5,012.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


88.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'005'1 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


130.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


31.000 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


630.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


12.00M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


81.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


0.660 K

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Paramagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'000'000'6

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'000'110'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'014'000'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Transition Metal

CLASSIFICATION


190.224'863'1

ATOMIC WEIGHT


180 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


129 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


116 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


109 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


216 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²4f¹⁴5d⁶

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Close Packed Single

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


22.610'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


20.000'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


p6₃/mmc

SPACE GROUP NAME


194

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 2π/3

LATTICE ANGLES


273.44, 273.44 431.73 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

6

VALENCE


2.2

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


103.92 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

element element

0.000'000'3 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'066 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'2 %

SUN


0.000'000'18 %

EARTH CRUST


-

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


5s⁶ = 5, 2, -2, -1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


14.700'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


16.000'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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