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Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Osmium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Osmium. It also includes some of its uses.
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Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Osmium

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebElements site offers lots of fundamental information on osmium, Bohr diagrams and details on its purification.
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Corrosion Source

Corrosion Source: Osmium

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents basic data, along with good information on the history, sources, properties and uses of osmium.
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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table: Osmium

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that has it all. This is probably the best place to start looking for information or data on osmium.
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University of Kentucky

Uk: Osmium Comics

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics featuring osmium, with nice graphics for presentations.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Osmium

For Students 9th - 10th
The ChemicalSociety provides a short entry with information on the history, description and uses of osmium.
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Other

Reade International Corp.: Osmium (Os) Powder, Shot, Pellets & Ingot

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice description and collection of physical data on osmium.
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Chemicool

Chemicool: Osmium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Chemicool, gives a set of data tables that cover a great many physical and chemical properties of osmium.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Osmium: Periodic Table of Videos

For Students 9th - 10th
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Osmium is element number 76 on the periodic table. [2:47]
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Curated OER

[Bohr Model of Osmium]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides excellent information on the transition metal osmium.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Top 3 Contenders for the Strongest Metal in the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the strength of tungsten, osmium, and titanium, and their chemical and physical properties.
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Curated OER

Go to Web Elements to Find More Information About This Element.

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics featuring osmium, with nice graphics for presentations.
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Radioactive Dating

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what radioactive dating is and describes the different techniques used, what they are used for, and the limitations of each.