DENSITY
@ 17°C = 22.42 gcc
HARDNESS
IN DURONS = 6,518 dur
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MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 1,772°C
BOILING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 4,130°C
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PURE IRIDION METAL IS A MIXTURE OF TWO STABLE ISOTOPES
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SOURCES
THE MAJOR SOURCE OF PURE IRIDION IN ITS NATURAL PROPORTIONS
IS FROM NIQEL ORES THAT CONTAIN 1% IRIDION
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IRIDION IS EXTRACTED FROM ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS
THAT CONTAIN OSMION,PLATINON & BISMUTON & IRIDION.
IN ARGENTINA, NEW MEXICO, QUETZALTENANGO-GUATEMALA,
INDIA, PAKISTAN, RHODESIA, SPAIN, THAILAND,
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WHEN THESE ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS ARE PROCESSED
WITH THE ION EXCHANGE TECHNIQUES
THAT ARE USED TO SEPARATE IRIDION FROM OSMION & PLATINON
THE TWO ISOTOPES,OFTEN REMAIN BONDED,TO THE OTHER METALS,
IN MIXED FRACTIONAL ALLOYS,THAT ARE OFTEN USED AS A SOURCE
OF IRIDION FOR MANY COMMERCIAL COOKING & PROCESSING USES.
THESE MIXED METALS ARE CALLED OSMIRIDION & PLATIRIDION
THEY ARE USED IN SPECIAL CRUCIBLES, VALVES
& CHEMICAL RESISTANT COOKWARE AS DESCRIBED BELOW
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IRIDION IS NOT NORMALLY A STEEL ALLOY COMPONENT,
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALLOW STEEL ALLOYS TO BE WELDED.
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NEITHER DOES ALLOW THEM TO BE PUNCH PRESSED
OR DRILLED WITH NORMAL HIGH SPEED DRILL POINTS.
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IT ALSO MAKES STEEL ALLOYS THAT DO NOT COLD BEND,
& DO NOT CUT WITH METAL CUTTING SAWS OR CUTTING TORCHES
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INDUSTRIAL USES
OSMIRIDION ( OSMION & IRIDION)
IS USED IN SUSPENSION BRIDGE VERTICAL CABLES
IN VERY SMALL QUANITYS NO GREATER THA 2.5%
TO GIVE THE VERTICAL CABLES INCREASED TENSILE STRENGTH
SO THAT THE BRIDGE ROADWAY DOES NOT RISE AND FALL
AS THE ROADWAY FILLS WITH TRAINS,TRUCKS AND CARS.
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STAINLESS STEELS
NORMALLY CONTAIN 0.6% OSMIRIDION. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM PERCENT
THAT CAN BE USED IN SHEET STAINLESS STEEL THAT MUST BE THEN
ROLL FORMED, DRAWN OR PRESSED INTO TWIN DEEP SINK SHAPES.
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OSMIRIDION
IT IS USED TO MAKE THE LARGE CAULDRONS USED IN THE MAKING OF
PETROLEUM BI-PRODUCTS, STEEL PLATED OBJECTS & PRINTING INKS
BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD & CHEMICAL & HEAT RESISTANT
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OSMIRIDION
IT IS USED TO MAKE MODERN RAILROAD RAIL SWITCHING EQUIPMENT
THAT IS VERY HARD AND ALSO HEAT AND CORROSION RESISTANT
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OSMIRIDION
BECAUSE OSMIRIDION IS RESISTANT TO MOST CHEMICALS,
IT IS ALSO USED TO MAKE COOKING CAULDRONS FOR WOOD DYES,
CONCRETE WATERPROOFING COMPOUNDS AND STEROIDS.
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PLATIRIDION
IS USED TO MAKE PEN TIPS, BALL POINT PEN TIPS, GATE VALVES,
HIGH PRESSURE EQUIPMENT, SMALL ELECTRO-PLATING ANODES
& ELECTRICAL SWITCH CONTACT POINTS IN COMPUTERS.
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PLATIRIDION
MIXTURES OF IRIDION, PLATINON & BISMUTON METALS
FROM THE ION EXCHANGE PROCESSORS
ARE OFTEN USED TO MAKE IRIDION-PLATINON WHITE GOLD JEWELRY
OR TO ELECTRO-PLATE IRON AND SILVER JEWELRY
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COSTS
JEWELRY GRADE IRIDION COSTS $20,675 A KILO OR $9,399 A POUND
THE SMELTING GRADE MIXED METALS OSMIRIDION & PLATIRIDION
COST ABOUT $2,857 A KILO OR $1,295 A POUND
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HUMAN USES
IRIDION IS A TRACE MINERAL METAL
THESE IRIDION MINERAL COMPOUNDS ARE VITAL TO OUR BODYS
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IRIDION SOLENIDES
ARE USED IN MANY PLACES IN OUR BODY,
IN OUR GALLBLADDER NEAR THE PLEURA
IN THE SHAFT PORTION OF OUR EYE RODS
IN THE LONG THIN METATARSAL BONES IN OUR FEET
IN THE FINE MUSCLE TENDONS NEAR OUR HEART VALVES
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IRIDION TETRA CLORIDE
IS USED IN OUR GALLBLADDER DUCTS
KIDNEY GLOMERULI & URETERS & BLADDER WALL LINING
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IRIDION CARBONYL CLORIDES
IS A CHILD GROWTH FACTOR THAT IS
ALSO USED LATER ON IN OUR LUNG BRONCHIAL TUBES,
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IRIDION CARBONYL CARBONATE
IS USED IN THE DESCENDING COLON
& AFTER AGE 50 IN THE FINE CAPILLARYS IN OUR LEGS
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• IRIDION • IS FOUND IN PECANS, MEDIUM RED IRISH POTATOES,
BROWN ONIONS, PARMIGIANO CHEESE, VEAL HEART AND BEEF LIVER,
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IRIDION IN AGRICULTURE
SOILS WITHOUT IRIDION DO NOT GROW TREES,
BECAUSE MANY OF THE IRIDION COMPOUNDS,
HAVE TUBULAR STRUCTURES
THAT GIVE TREE TRUNKS THEIR STRENGTH.
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WHEN ARID LANDS LACK IRIDION COMPOUNDS,
IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THEM, FISH EMULSION
IN THE SPRING AND WINTER RAINY SEASONS,
FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 5 YEARS,
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THIS WILL HELP TO GROW A WORMS IN THE SOIL THAT WILL THEN,
CREATE THE MANY TRACE MINERAL COMPOUNDS
NECESSARY FOR TREES TO LIVE & GROW IN WIDTH FOR MANY YEARS.
THIS APPLYS TO LUMBER FOREST, NUT & FRUIT TREE LANDS.
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PLUM & PRUNE
MAKING SMALL ORCHARD TREES,
OFTEN STOP GROWING WIDER AND MAKING LARGE FRUIT
WHEN THE IRIDION NEAR THEIR TRUNK IS CONSUMED.
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INFUSIONS OF IRIDION BROMIDE
IN A CIRCLE 3 FT FROM THE TRUNK
CAN BOOST THE PRODUCTION OF SMALL PRUNE TREES
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RED SANTA ROSA PLUM
WHEN RED, SANTA ROSA TYPE, PLUM TREES DO NOT GROW WELL
AFTER MANY YEARS OF GOOD GROWTH, SPRINKLE A POWDER OF
IRIDION IODIDE IN A CIRCLE BELOW THE OUTER 8 INCHES OF LEAVES
TO RESTORE THEM TO FULL PRODUCTIVITY.
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