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To: Melian

ThankQ for posting that!

Don’t have time now to add all the bold tags, but for the record:

The element with atomic number 76 is Osmium [Os].

Osmium is the densest of all elements. It’s the hardest pure metal found on Earth.

Pure osmium is very rare. Most of it is manufactured as a by-product of nickel refining.

It’s one of the platinum [Pt] group of metals, & shares their properties – hard, very dense, & durable.
It’s very resistant to chemical attack.

Osmium the element is not toxic, but its oxide is poisonous.
Powdered osmium metal will gradually oxidize in air to form volatile osmium tetroxide, which will sublimate at room temperature into a highly toxic vapor. Don’t inhale!

Osmium & its alloys have been used in lightbulb filaments, styluses, phonograph needles, fountain-pen nibs, electrical contacts, pacemakers, & replacement valves.

To all FreeQs & patriots:
Be like osmium on this day, & every day.
Summon great strength, durability, & resistance!
Fight with the Spirit of ‘76!


973 posted on 08/16/2022 8:27:05 AM PDT by goldbux (“The whole world is a very narrow bridge. The main thing is to have no fear at all.” -- Nachman)
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To: goldbux

Ozzsmium

Heavy Metal

Don't Inhale

Too late...

1,036 posted on 08/16/2022 11:05:18 AM PDT by Gasshog
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To: goldbux

Osmium is the densest of all elements.


Not JuanWilliamsium?


1,171 posted on 08/16/2022 3:50:35 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: goldbux

You are the Walter White of our thread, goldbux.


1,340 posted on 08/16/2022 9:17:31 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian (The next war has already started. )
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To: goldbux
***Pure osmium is very rare***

Isn't that where the Emerald City is?

1,651 posted on 08/17/2022 8:14:49 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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