osmium

Summary

osmium is a chemical element^[1]. osmium draws 1,420 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 video is recorded as Metal osmium collides with each other and makes a crisp sound.webm^[5].
• osmium's image is recorded as Osmium crystals.jpg^[6].
• osmium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[7].
• odor is named after osmium^[8].
• osmium's GND ID is recorded as 4172906-7^[9].
• osmium's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 7440-04-2^[10].
• osmium's EC number is recorded as 231-114-0^[11].
• osmium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Os]^[12].
• osmium's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/Os^[13].
• osmium's InChIKey is recorded as SYQBFIAQOQZEGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N^[14].
• osmium's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85095926^[15].
• osmium's element symbol is recorded as Os^[16].
• osmium's chemical formula is recorded as Os^[17].
• osmium's subclass of is recorded as platinum group^[18].
• osmium's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00568958^[19].
• osmium's part of is recorded as period 6^[20].
• osmium's part of is recorded as group 8^[21].
• osmium's Commons category is recorded as Osmium^[22].
• osmium's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009992^[23].
• osmium's Unicode character is recorded as 鋨^[24].
• osmium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1804-00-00T00:00:00Z^[25].
• osmium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025s6b_^[26].
• osmium's UNII is recorded as 2E7M255OPY^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Smithson Tennant^[3], a chemist^[28], 1761–1815^[29], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[30], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[31], specialised in chemistry^[32] and William Hyde Wollaston^[4], a chemist^[33], 1766–1828^[34], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[35], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[36], specialised in chemistry^[37]. Things named for osmium include rutheniridosmine^[38], a mineral species^[39].

Why It Matters

osmium draws 1,420 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.^[40] osmium is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for osmium include rutheniridosmine^[38], a mineral species^[39].