Osmium
Osmium is the hardest of all platinum group metals - it is 10 times harder than platinum. Osmium also has a higher melting point than the other platinum group metals. Importantly, Osmium is the densest substance known. Osmium has good conductivity and is an efficient oxidation catalyst.
Osmium spot price in USD
Osmium in the news
Osmium Partners Considers Great Hill Partners' Offer Grossly Inadequate (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----The following letter was sent to the board of Spark Networks Inc. March 8, 2010 in opposition to Great Hill Partners' bid to acquire the company.
Picking The Poison: The Story Of Forensic Medicine (NPR)
At the start of the 20th century, poisoning was one of the easiest crimes to get away with. Until, that is, Dr. Charles Norris developed an early form of forensic medicine. Author Deborah Blum's new book, The Poisoner's Handbook, follows New York's first trained chief medical examiner as he solves a series of sensational cases.
Ultra-High-Purity Precious Metals in a Range of Forms (ThomasNet)
Oakdale, PA - February 25, 2010 - Goodfellow Corporation, a leading supplier of metals and materials for science and industry, offers ultra-high-purity precious metals in small quantities for research and product design. Gold, silver and the platinum group of metals (platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium) are available in a wide range of forms, including foil, wire, rod ...
Scientists develop new ruthenium-based caged compounds 4th March 2010 (Platinum today)
Two new ruthenium-based caged compounds have been championed for their ability to aid a number of simple scientific research techniques.
Tubular's Terrible Commenter Downhill Super-G Combined Slalom (Houston Chronicle)
Smiley N. Pool / Houston ChronicleThey're coming for us! Here's the thing about Therese and I reaching, ever so gently, beyond our comfort zone to cover something only tangentially related to television by the mere fact it is broadcast...
COMPANY RELEASES (Mineweb)
In accordance with the decision made by its Management Board, OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (hereinafter - MMC Norilsk Nickel or the Company) has signed a contract with German Nordic Yards Holding GmbH (hereinafter - Nordic Yards) to build an Arctic-class tanker Arc7. The vessel is expected to be built and delivered by the end of September 2011.
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New project to unravel secret lives of cancer cells may help produce new cancer therapies (News-Medical-Net)
A team of scientists from Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has embarked on a major new project to unravel the secret lives of cancer cells that go dormant and self-cannibalize to survive periods of stress. The work may help produce new cancer therapies to stem changes that render cancer cells dangerous and resistant to treatment.
Silver Cable Overview: Part One (Audio Video Revolution)
Lately I have taken an interest in small artisan audiophile product manufacturers. The internet has allowed highly skilled entrepreneurs without large established infrastructures to sell their wares directly to consumers, many with trial periods and money back guarantees. You can find tube amplifiers, speakers, and all sorts of components available from small operations, and even one man shops ...
