osmium

Summary

osmium is a chemical element^[1]. osmium draws 6,711 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #44 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• osmium is credited with the discovery of Smithson Tennant^[3].
• osmium is credited with the discovery of William Hyde Wollaston^[4].
• osmium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• odor is named after osmium^[6].
• osmium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Os]^[7].
• osmium's element symbol is recorded as Os^[8].
• osmium's chemical formula is recorded as Os^[9].
• osmium is a type of platinum group^[10].
• osmium is part of period 6^[11].
• osmium is part of group 8^[12].
• osmium's Commons category is recorded as Osmium^[13].
• osmium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋨^[14].
• osmium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1804^[15].
• osmium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Osmium^[16].
• osmium's Commons gallery is recorded as Osmium^[17].
• osmium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+76'}^[18].
• osmium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.2'}^[19].
• osmium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[20].
• osmium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}^[21].
• osmium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}^[22].
• osmium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}^[23].
• osmium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[24].
• osmium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[25].
• osmium's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• osmium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

osmium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5]. osmium is a type of platinum group^[10].

Origins

odor is named after osmium^[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6^[11], a period^[28] and group 8^[12], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for osmium include rutheniridosmine^[30], a mineral species^[31].

Why It Matters

osmium draws 6,711 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #44 of 144).^[2] osmium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] osmium is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for osmium include rutheniridosmine^[30], a mineral species^[31].