- osmium oxide
- noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary osmium + oxide: an oxide of osmium:a. : osmium dioxideb. : osmium tetroxide
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
osmium oxide
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Osmium oxide — may refer to: Osmium dioxide OsO2 Osmium tetroxide OsO4 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to chan … Wikipedia
Osmium tetroxide — Osmium tetroxide … Wikipedia
Osmium dioxide — IUPAC name Osmium dioxide … Wikipedia
Osmium(IV) chloride — IUPAC name Osmium(IV) chloride … Wikipedia
osmium tetroxide — n a crystalline compound OsO4 that is an oxide of osmium, has a poisonous irritating vapor, and is used chiefly as a catalyst, as an oxidizing and hydroxylating agent (as in the conversion of alkenes to glycols), and as a biological fixative and… … Medical dictionary
osmium — metallic element, 1803, coined in Modern Latin by its discoverer, English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761 1815) from Gk. osme smell, odor (cognate with L. odor; see ODOR (Cf. odor)). So called for the strong smell of its oxide … Etymology dictionary
Osmium — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Osmium (disambiguation). rhenium ← osmium → iridium Ru ↑ Os ↓ Hs … Wikipedia
Osmium — Eigenschaften … Deutsch Wikipedia
osmium tetroxide — noun Date: 1869 a crystalline compound OsO4 that is an oxide of osmium, has a poisonous irritating vapor, and is used as a catalyst, oxidizing agent, and biological fixative and stain … New Collegiate Dictionary
osmium tetroxide — noun an oxide of the metal osmium, OsO; it is very poisonous, has a pungent smell and can cause blindness; it is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is used to stain biological materials … Wiktionary
