76
Osmium
190.233
Basic Information
Bohr Model
Descriptive Numbers
Mass
Periodic Position
Classification
Abundance
Color
Atomic Radius
Temperature
Density
Heat
Speed of Sound
Electrical Resistance
Magnetic Properties
Elasticity
Hardness
Etymology
Discovery & Isolation
Production & Use
Radioactivity
Electron Affinity
Dipole Polarity
Lattice
Electron & Quantum
List of Compounds
Name
Osmium
Atomic Number
76
Appearance
Silvery, blue shade
Phase At STP
Solid
Spectrum Image
Source
WikipediaStatic

Interactive
CAS Number
7440-04-02
CID Number
CID23937
DOT Number
3089
RTECS Number
RTECSRN1100000
Mendeleev Number
61
Pettifor Number
62
Space Group Number
194
Glawe Number
60
Atomic Mass
190.233 Da
Uncertainty
0.03
X Position
8
Y Position
6
Period
6
Group
8
Block
d
Category
Transition Metal
Geochemical
I am Metal
Goldschmidt
Siderophile
Electrical Type
Conductive
Sun
8e-7 mole ratio to silicon
Earth Crust
1.5e-9 g
Solar System
6.7e-7 mole ratio to silicon
Meteorites
0.000065 %
Jmol
#266696
Molcas Gv
#266696
CPK
#FF1493
Empirical
130
Calculated
185
Batsanov
200
Rahm
244
Uff
312
Mm3
235
Alvarez
248
Covalent (Single Bound)
128
Covalent (Triple Bound)
109
Covalent (Cordero)
144
Covalent (Pyykko)
129
Covalent (Pyykko Double)
116
Covalent (Pyykko Triple)
109
Mendeleev
126
C12
135
Metallic
135
Melting/Freeze (USE)
3306 °K
Melting/Freeze (WEL)
3306 °K
Melting/Freeze (CRC)
3306 °K
Melting/Freeze (LNG)
3318 °K
Boiling/Density (USE)
5285 °K
Boiling/Density (WEL)
5285 °K
Boiling/Density (CRC)
5285 °K
Boiling/Density (LNG)
5498 °K
Boiling/Density (Zhang)
5273 °K
Superconducting Point
0.66 °K
STP
22.59 kg/cm³
Solid (WEL)
22610 kg/cm³
Solid (CRC)
22590 kg/cm³
Solid (LNG)
22610 kg/cm³
Liquid (CR2)
20000 kg/cm³
Molar Volume
8.42 cm³/mol
Atomic Volume
8.43 cm³
Heat Of Fusion USE
31.7 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion CRC
57.85 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion LNG
57.85 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion WEL
31 kJ/mol
Evaporation USE
738 kJ/mol
Evaporation LNG
738 kJ/mol
Evaporation WEL
630 kJ/mol
Evaporation Zhang
678 kJ/mol
Molar Heat
24.7 J/molK
Heat Capacity USE
0.131 J/gK
Heat Capacity CRC
24.7 J/gK
Heat Capacity LNG
24.7 J/gK
Heat Capacity WEL
25 J/gK
Thermal Expansion
0.0000051 1/K
Adiabatic Index
N/A
Extensional
4940 m/s
Fluid
1451.4 m/s
273k
81.2 nΩm
Order
paramanyetic
Susceptibility
6e-10 m3/kg
Shear Modulus
222 GPa
Bulk Modulus
462 GPa
Poisson Ratio
0.25 ν
Mohs
7
Brinell
3920–4000
Description
It is a hard, blue-white transition metal. It is found with platinum. It is used in some alloys with platinum and iridium.
Language Of Origin
Greek via Modern Latin
Origin Of Word
From the Greek osmè, meaning "smell"
Meaning
tree
Symbol Origin
descriptive
Etymological Description
It comes from the Greek word osme, meaning "smell". The tetroxide compound smells quite strong.
Observed/Predicted By
S. Tennant
Observed/Discovery Year
1803
Discovery Location
Isolated Sample Year
1803
Sources
It is obtained from the same ores as platinum.
Uses
It is used in fountain pen nibs, some machine shafts, electric lamp filaments, high temperature alloys and thrust bearing production. It is very hard and very resistant to abrasion.
Half Life
Stable
Lifetime
Stable
Neutron Mass Absorption
0.0023
Neutron Cross Section
15
Electron Affinity (eV)
1.1
Electron Affinity (kJ/mol)
103.99
Electron Affinity (pauling)
2.2
Electron Affinity (allen)
9.78
Electron Affinity (ghosh)
0.2479845
Accepted
57
Uncertainty
3
C6 GB
584
Constant Internal Default Radius
2.74
Strucutre
HEX
Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
Oxidation States
−4,−2,−1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Electron Configuration
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 4f14 5d6
Quantum Number
5D4
Electron Configuration Semantic
[Rook] 4f14 5d6 6s2
Shells-0
2
Shells-1
8
Shells-2
18
Shells-3
32
Shells-4
14
Shells-5
2
Ionization Energies-0
840
Ionization Energies-1
1600
1-10 of 26 compounds
| Formula | Names |
|---|---|
| Os | osmium osmium metal |
| OsCl3 | osmium(III) chloride osmium chloride osmium trichloride trichloroosmium |
| Cl4Os | osmium(IV) chloride |
| F6Os | osmium(VI) fluoride |
| OsO4 | osmium tetroxide osmic acid osmic acid anhydride osmium oxideosmium tetraoxide osmium(VIII) oxide tetraketoosmium tetraoxoosmium |
| OsBr3 | osmium(III) bromide |
| OsCl2 | osmium(II) chloride |
| OsF4 | osmium(IV) fluoride |
| OsF5 | osmium(V) fluoride |
| OsO2 | osmium(IV) oxide |