osmium

IPA: ˈɑzmiʌm

A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
(countable) A single atom of this element.

Examples of "osmium" in Sentences

Osmium is twice as dense as lead.
The osmium complex is also known.
God, I'm as dense as osmium sometimes.
Sorry to say it, but osmium is expensive.
Finely divided metallic osmium is pyrophoric.
Osmium borides are compounds of osmium and boron.
Quite by coincident, its about the same weight as the Osmium golf ball.
Therefore, osmium powder has a characteristic smell of osmium tetroxide.
The ratio of non radiogenic osmium to radiogenic osmium throughout time varies.
Osmium reacts with oxygen at room temperature forming volatile osmium tetroxide.