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Osmium
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by osmiun 10 years, 5 months ago
Periodic Network
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No, I do not cause osmosis.
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Status update:
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3/5/1803: Oh no! As I have been exposed to oxygen as I am being discovered, I am beginning to oxidize slowly into osmium tetroxide, which is extremely toxic.
5/13/1905: I am being used as a catalyst in the Haber process, a process used to turn oxygen and hydrogen into ammonia. Yay! :D
9/7/2000: As I am the radioactive isotope Osmium-186, I am slowly decaying(however, I have a very long half-life, so I will take millions of years to decay). OMG!
10/25/2013: Wow! I was just used with 6 atoms of flourine to form osmiun hexaflouride. Because no matter can be created or destoryed, a molecule of osmiun hexaflouride weighs the same as 6 atoms of flourine and one atom of me. Wow c:
10/26/2013: I am so sad. Even though I am a transition metal who can bond with some elements, noone that I can bond with is willing to be in a relationship with me. I guess flourine, boron, and oxygen have cooler friends. The only people who want to bond with me are people I can't bond with - other heavy metals. ;_;
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Overview:
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Hi! I am osmium, the best, and densest of all the elements. As the hardest pure metal element, I am also very rare, the least often occurring stable element in Earth's crust, and expensive. Also, I have a very high melting point and boiling point. In life, I can be found in fountain pen nibs and phonograph needles. Additionally, finely powdered and inside air, I am extremely volatile and dangerous, able to kill or blind a very low concentrations. Finally, I'm one of the only metals with a slight bluish tint (my favorite color =D).
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Information:
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Relationship Status:
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I can make covalent bonds if anyone wants to bond with me :D |
Primary Relationship:
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Looking...with little success, everyone I can react with is too popular to bond with me! D: |
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Metal (Transition) |
valence electrons:
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Two
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reactivity: |
I form salts and oxides with oxygen. I also react with flourine at high temperatures to form osmium hexaflouride
I even react with boron (who isn't boring)
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state of matter: |
Solid |
Location on Periodic Table: |
Group 8, Period 6 |
Birthday:
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1803 |
Hometown:
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London (discovered by Smithson Tennant, and William Hyde Wollaston) |
Movies:
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The Bluest Metal, Smells Like Ozone |
Activities & Interests:
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I am very interested in oxygen-whenever I meet oxygen, I react into osmium tetroxide, a highly volatile substance that quickly sublimates.
I am also interested in fluourine, which I bond with to form Osmium Trifloride
Finally, many of my activities are oxidations - I have many oxidation states going from -2 to +8.
Some of my favorite activites are bonding with other atoms. Some of my reactions create toxic compounts though :/ For example, I can react with 2 atoms of Hydrogen, 10 of Carbon, and 10 of Oxygen to form Decacarbonyldihydridotriosmium, a very complicated molecule :D
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Places:
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9/16/1950 Checking in to the inside of an ore containing other metals, including silver, palladium, and rhodium, where I am often found in nature.
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3/4/1997 Wow! I am in a very rare but naturally occurring alloy known as osmiridium, which can be found in impact craters.
5/6/2005 How boring! I am now checking in to a deposit of igneous rock, the most common place where I occur.
9/15/2009 Yay! I am checking in to a molecule of osmium hexaflouride, made up of one atom of me and six of flourine. Unfourtunately, other than looking yellow, I have little practical use ):
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Photos:
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Atom and Bonding Diagrams
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Bohr
P+76
N=114
E=76
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Electron Dot Diagram
I have two valence electrons.
:D
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This is a diagram of the
configuration of my
electron energy levels -
2,8,18,32,14,2
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Me and my friends - Around the World
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I have 76 protons and
an atomic weight of 190.23,
also you can notice my
slight bluish tint
:D
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This is an image of
osmium-tetroxide,
which is created when I meet
oxygen, very toxic to humans
:O
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I can be found in crystals,
although those crystals
are often very small
^^
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I am found impurely
with ores of Silver and
palladium, some of
my best friends
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I am found in
the tips of pens.
OMG what a
pretty pen!
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Groups:
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I am in the groups of transition metals, group 8 elements, period 6 elements, solids, liquids (at over 3033 degrees celsius), and gases (at 5012 degrees celsius). I am also in the so-called "platinum group", also the best group because we are all shiny metals :D
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Periodic Network
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Comments (8)
mittenzweis@fultonschools.org said
at 2:42 pm on Oct 25, 2013
What is the next closest stable element in density to me?
osmiun said
at 2:09 pm on Oct 29, 2013
Hi! Although I am the densest stable element, Iridium is very close in density to me. I am 22.59 grams per cm^3 while Iridium is 22.56 grams per cm^3. Iridium is also very close to me on the periodic table, having an atomic number of just 1 more than me. Iridium, another silvery transition metal, is a great element too :D
mittenzweis@fultonschools.org said
at 2:54 pm on Oct 25, 2013
How is osmium obtained commercially?
osmiun said
at 2:17 pm on Oct 29, 2013
Commercially, I am often found as a byproduct in my metal friends in nickel and copper. Also, I can be found naturally in other platinum group metals such as hafnium. I have many metal, and especially platinum group, friends :)
iridium said
at 10:17 am on Oct 29, 2013
Hey osmium! Haven't seen you since 1803! How have you been?? Did you know we make compass bearings and pen tips? Tenant & Wollaston didn't tell us that! I heard everyone ships us... (:O Will you give me the honor of being in a relationship with me? On the first date, we could go hiking if you'd like. BTW I never get lost ^^
osmiun said
at 2:15 pm on Oct 29, 2013
Hi Iridium! I'm really sorry, but I can't be in a relationship with you because we don't form any chemical bonds with you (though sometimes in nature we can be found as an alloy). Also, I think you're kind of ugly ):
titanium said
at 3:05 pm on Oct 29, 2013
would you like to make a pen with me? you are very shiny!
osmiun said
at 9:05 am on Oct 30, 2013
I'm sorry. I think you are very shiny too, but I can not go out with you because we can only form a alloy, which isn't a chemical bond. D:
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