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- Osmium metal does not oxidize in air unless it is heated.
- But if it heated den it forms Osmium Tetroxide, which is highly toxic.
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
- Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
- Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan