IRIDIUM - IRIDION
A VERY HARD WHITE BRITTLE
HEAT and CORROSION RESISTANT
BRIDGE CABLE and STAINLESS STEEL ALLOY METAL
DENSITY
             @ 17°C  =  22.42 gcc


HARDNESS
IN DURONS      =   6,518 dur
MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE   =   1,772°C


BOILING  POINT
TEMPERATURE   =  4,130°C

PURE IRIDION METAL IS A MIXTURE OF TWO STABLE ISOTOPES
SOURCES
THE MAJOR SOURCE OF PURE IRIDION IN ITS NATURAL PROPORTIONS
IS FROM NIQEL ORES THAT CONTAIN 1% IRIDION
IRIDION IS ALSO EXTRACTED FROM ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS
THAT CONTAIN OSMION, PLATINON, BISMUTON and IRIDION.
IN ARGENTINA, NEW MEXICO, QUETZALTENANGO-GUATEMALA,
INDIA, PAKISTAN, RHODESIA, SPAIN, THAILAND,
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
IRIDION IS NOT NORMALLY, A STEEL ALLOY COMPONENT,
BECAUSE, IT DOES NOT ALLOW STEEL ALLOYS, TO BE WELDED.
NEITHER DOES ALLOW THEM, TO BE PUNCH PRESSED,
OR DRILLED WITH NORMAL HIGH SPEED DRILL POINTS.
IT ALSO MAKES STEEL ALLOYS THAT DO NOT COLD BEND,
& DO NOT CUT WITH METAL CUTTING SAWS OR CUTTING TORCHES
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.
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.
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
OSMIRIDION
IT IS USED TO MAKE MODERN RAILROAD RAIL SWITCHING EQUIPMENT
THAT IS VERY HARD AND ALSO HEAT AND CORROSION RESISTANT
OSMIRIDION
BECAUSE OSMIRIDION, IS RESISTANT TO MOST CHEMICALS,
IT IS ALSO USED TO MAKE COOKING CAULDRONS FOR WOOD DYES,
CONCRETE WATERPROOFING COMPOUNDS AND STEROIDS.
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.
PLATIRIDION
MIXTURES OF IRIDION, PLATINON & BISMUTON METALS
EXTRACTED WITH,ION EXCHANGE PROCESSORS,
ARE OFTEN USED TO MAKE IRIDION-PLATINON,WHITE GOLD JEWELRY
OR TO ELECTRO-PLATE, IRON AND SILVER JEWELRY
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
 
HUMAN USES
IRIDION IS A TRACE MINERAL METAL
THESE IRIDION MINERAL COMPOUNDS ARE VITAL TO OUR BODYS
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 META-TARSAL BONES IN OUR FEET
             IN THE FINE MUSCLE TENDONS NEAR OUR HEART VALVES
IRIDION TETRA CLORIDE
 IS USED IN OUR GALLBLADDER DUCTS
 KIDNEY GLOMERULI, URETERS and OUR BLADDER WALL LINING
IRIDION CARBONYL CLORIDES
  IS A CHILD GROWTH FACTOR THAT IS,
  ALSO USED, LATER ON, IN OUR LUNG, BRONCHIAL TUBES,
IRIDION CARBONYL CARBONATE
 IS USED IN OUR DESCENDING COLON,
 & AFTER AGE 50 IN THE FINE CAPILLARYS IN OUR LEGS
• IRIDION • IS FOUND IN PECANS, MEDIUM RED IRISH POTATOES,
BROWN ONIONS, PARMIGIANO CHEESE, VEAL HEART AND BEEF LIVER,
 
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.
WHEN ARID LANDS, LACK IRIDION COMPOUNDS,
IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THEM, FISH EMULSION,IN BOTH,
THE SPRING AND WINTER RAINY SEASONS,
FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 5 YEARS,
THIS WILL HELP, TO GROW 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.
PLUMS and PRUNES
PLUM & PRUNE MAKING, SMALL FRUIT ORCHARD TREES,
OFTEN STOP GROWING WIDER and MAKING LARGE FRUIT
WHEN THE IRIDION,IN THE SOIL
THAT IS NEAR THEIR TRUNK, IS CONSUMED.
INFUSIONS OF IRIDION BROMIDE,
IN A CIRCLE 3 FEET-90 CM  FROM THE TRUNK,
CAN INCREASE,THE PRODUCTION OF SMALL PRUNE TREES
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.