noun
- a hard, dense, bluish-white metallic chemical element that is the heaviest naturally occurring element
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Osmium is one of the rarest elements in Earth’s crust.
- The scientist studied the properties of osmium in the laboratory.
- Osmium has the highest density of all naturally occurring elements.
- Due to its extreme hardness, osmium is difficult to work with.
- The periodic table shows osmium with the symbol Os.
- Osmium compounds are used in some specialized industrial applications.