Term: osmium (Os)
Literally meaning: “pertaining to odor”
Origin/Etymology:
'ïσμή/osmi(=odor, smell)
Osmium
named after it’s irritating odor when heated in air
Coined/History
Osmium was found in 1803 by English
chemists Smithson Tennan (1761-1815) and William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828). Osmium
and iridium were identified in the black residue remaining after dissolving
platinum ore with aqua regia.
Definition
Osmium is a blue-grey dense chemical element with atomic number 76
and atomic mass 190,23.
