Facts About Osmium and Seaborgium
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.
- Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
- And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Smithson Tennant
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1803
In 1974
Abundance In Universe
Not Available
Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %
Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available