Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.
Piece of Osmium encased in a clear acrylic cube, with the element's name, atomic number, and properties displayed as on the periodic table for a sleek, educational display.

Osmium Element Cube

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Osmium's atomic number is 76 and its symbol is Os. It is a hard, brittle, bluish-white transition metal in the platinum group that is found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores. Osmium is the densest naturally occurring element, with an experimentally measured (using x-ray crystallography) density of 22.65 g/cm3. The element's abundance is estimated to be about 0.6 parts per billion in the universe and is, therefore, the rarest precious metal.

The element is named after Greek word "osme" meaning "a smell", because of the ashy and smoky smell of the volatile compound it was first discovered on. Osmium's discovery was intertwined with the study of platinum, due to both being found in platinum ores.

This display is contained within crystal clear Lucite acrylic.

Details
  • Made In USA
  • 2x2x2 inches
  • 99% Pure Sample 
Safety

We get asked about the radioactivity and overall safety of the periodic tables/cubes from time to time. These are legitimate concerns and we wanted to address those concerns here. Although there are several elements in the cubes that are dangerous or toxic, the acrylic and glass ampules make the products safe to handle and store.

The average American is exposed to 0.034 mrem/hr from background radiation (300 mrem/year). In other words, a person will get three times the radiation from natural background radiation which includes the sun, food, radon, and the environment, than they will from holding a radioactive element in one of our Lucite Acrylic displays.

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