iridium

Summary

iridium is a chemical element^[1]. iridium draws 5,014 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #28 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• iridium is credited with the discovery of Smithson Tennant^[3].
• iridium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• Iris is named after iridium^[5].
• iridium's location of discovery is recorded as London^[6].
• iridium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Ir]^[7].
• iridium's element symbol is recorded as Ir^[8].
• iridium's chemical formula is recorded as Ir^[9].
• iridium is a type of platinum group^[10].
• iridium is part of period 6^[11].
• iridium is part of group 9^[12].
• iridium's Commons category is recorded as Iridium^[13].
• iridium's Unicode character is recorded as 銥^[14].
• iridium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1803^[15].
• iridium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iridium^[16].
• iridium's topic's main category is recorded as Q18200788^[17].
• iridium's Commons gallery is recorded as Iridium^[18].
• iridium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+77'}^[19].
• iridium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.2'}^[20].
• iridium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[21].
• iridium's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• iridium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• iridium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• iridium's described by source is recorded as Iridium^[25].
• iridium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• iridium's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

iridium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4]. iridium is a type of platinum group^[10].

Origins

Iris is named after iridium^[5].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6^[11], a period^[28] and group 9^[12], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for iridium include Iridium satellite constellation^[30], a spacecraft constellation^[31]; rutheniridosmine^[32], a mineral species^[33]; iridarsenite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; cuproiridsite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; and irarsite^[38], a mineral species^[39].

Why It Matters

iridium draws 5,014 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #28 of 144).^[2] iridium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] iridium is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for iridium include Iridium satellite constellation^[30], a spacecraft constellation^[31]; rutheniridosmine^[32], a mineral species^[33]; iridarsenite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; cuproiridsite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; and irarsite^[38], a mineral species^[39].