Os Osmium     Atomic number : 76 
    Relative atomic mass (12C = 12.0000) :  190.23 
    P H Y S I C A L     D A T A
Group 8 transition metal
 
Density / kg m-3 :  22 590 [293 K]; 20 100 [liquid at m.p.]
 
Melting point / K :  3327 
 
Boiling point / K :  5300
 
    D I S C O V E R Y
Discovered in 1803 by S. Tennant at London, England.
 
    G E O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Abundances
 
Sun (relative to H = 1 × 1012) : 5
 
Earth's crust / p.p.m. : c. 1 × 10-4
 
  
 
Seawater / p.p.m. : n.a., but minute
    B I O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Level in humans
 
Organs: n.a., but low
 
  
 
Daily dietary intake : n.a.
 
Total mass of element
in average (70 kg) person :
n.a., but very low

 

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