Facts About Osmium and Samarium
Interesting Facts
- Osmium metal does not oxidize in air unless it is heated.
- But if it heated den it forms Osmium Tetroxide, which is highly toxic.
- Samarium metals helps stimulating body metabolism.
- Samarium metals was 1st observed by Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac in Dydimia in 1853.
Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Who Discovered
Smithson Tennant
Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Discovery
In 1803
In 1879
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Oceans
Not Available