Osmium
error in units
Submitted by Christopher Crawford on 16 January 2008 - 1:26pm.- The periodic table and the elements
- Actinium
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- Osmium
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- Unbibium
- Unbiennium
- Unbihexium
- Unbinilium
- Unbioctium
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- Unbiquadium
- Unbiseptium
- Unbitrium
- Unbiunium
- Unhexbium
- Unhexhexium
- Unhexnilium
- Unhexpentium
- Unhexquadium
- Unhexseptium
- Unhextrium
- Unhexunium
- Unpentbium
- Unpentennium
- Unpenthexium
- Unpentnilium
- Unpentoctium
- Unpentpentium
- Unpentquadium
- Unpentseptium
- Unpenttrium
- Unpentunium
- Unquadbium
- Unquadennium
- Unquadhexium
- Unquadnilium
- Unquadoctium
- Unquadpentium
- Unquadquadium
- Unquadseptium
- Unquadtrium
- Unquadunium
- Untribium
- Untriennium
- Untrihexium
- Untrinilium
- Untrioctium
- Untripentium
- Untriquadium
- Untriseptium
- Untritrium
- Untriunium
- Ununennium
- Ununhexium
- Ununoctium
- Ununpentium
- Ununquadium
- Ununseptium
- Ununtrium
- Uranium
- Vanadium
- Xenon
- Ytterbium
- Yttrium
- Zinc
- Zirconium
The units of resistivity don't come out right.
10^-8 Ohm * m
or
m Ohm * cm
the 'm' should be a 'mu', but unfortunately they both look the same in the latin alphabet.

Osmium tetroxide bomb
Submitted by WebElements on 6 April 2004 - 7:44pm.The BBC are reporting here that UK and US intelligence agents foiled a chemical bomb plot in the UK. Apparently the plot was involves detonating a combination of explosive and osmium tetroxide, [OsO4].
The target is thought to be in crowded areas, possibly within a confined area, perhaps in London. The plotters apparently did not obtain any of the tetroxide, perhaps because it costs around UK pounds 100 per gram!
Not totally clear why osmium tetroxide was chosen. Certainly it is unpleasant, corrosive, toxic, irritant, volatile, and a stain. It reacts with alkenes - hence the staining properties, and must be handled properly in the lab.
