Name : Osmium
Symbol : Os
Atomic Number : 76
Atomic Weight : 190.23
Specific Heat : 0.13 J/gK
Melting Point : 3054°C
Vaporization : 746.0 kJ/mol
Boiling Point : 5027°C
Electronegativity : 2.2
Density@293 K : 22.40 g/cm³
Discovered : Smithson Tenant, England, 1804
Description : Hard fine black powder or hard, lustrous, blue-white metal.
Uses : Used to tip gold pen points, instrument pivots, to make electric light filaments. Used for high temp. alloys and pressure bearings. Very hard and resists corrosion better than any other.