Osmium tetroxide was first experimented with; its action on the discharge, even in the smallest amounts, is quite amazing. The whole mechanism of current flow is violently disorganised and only ...

Osmium Tetroxide (OsO4), a severe oxidizer, is highly poisonous even at low exposure levels. It must be handled with appropriate precautions. In particular, inhalation at concentrations well below ...

Osmium tetroxide is a rare and expensive toxic chemical used as a staining agent for biological samples examined under electron microscopes. At room temperature, osmium tetroxide sublimates (turns ...

Osmium derived its name due to the strange smell of the compound Tennant was working with, which was osmium tetroxide. Osmium’s claim to fame is that it is the densest of all the elements. It is also ...

Osmium tetroxide can cause serious damage to people but it's so rare and expensive, it's hard to imagine anyone using it to do harm, a Carleton University professor says. "It's a liquid.

Osmium tetroxide is a highly toxic powerful oxidizing agent with a strong odor. [See Periodic Table of the Elements] Sources of osmium Osmium is produced as a by-product of nickel refining.

Osmium Tetroxide (OsO4), a severe oxidizer, is highly poisonous even at low exposure levels. It must be handled with appropriate precautions. In particular, inhalation at concentrations well below ...

Osmium tetroxide is the chemical believed to be at the centre of an alleged bomb plot foiled by UK and US intelligence agents. It is thought the supposed plan involved detonating an explosive device ...