OSMIUM - OSMION
A LARGE WHITE BRITTLE METAL
USED TO MAKE HARD, WEAR RESISTANT ALLOYS
 DENSITY
         @ 20°C  =  22.57 gcc

 HARDNESS
 IN DURONS   =  7,157 dur
MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE  =  3,045°C

BOILING  POINT
TEMPERATURE   =  5,027°C

OSMION IS A MIXTURE OF SEVEN VERY DIFFERENT ISOTOPES
EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT BOILING TEMPERATURE,
AND DIFFERENT BONDING TEMPERATURES,
THEREFORE IT IS CUSTOMARY TO HEAT IT FOR SEVERAL HOURS
AT 5,375°C BEFORE ADDING OTHER MOLTEN METALS TO IT
OSMION DOES NOT WELD WELL AND IT IS NOT ABLE
TO BE PUNCH PRESSED OR DRILLED
WITH NORMAL HIGH SPEED DRILL POINTS,
IT CANNOT BE CUT WITH METAL CUTTING SAWS OR TORCHES &,
DOES NOT BEND IN A SHEET METAL PRESS WITHOUT CRACKING
HEALTH HAZARDS
POWDERED OSMION METAL OCSIDIZES READILY IN MOIST AIR,
GIVING OFF OSMION TETRA-OCSIDE FUMES
THAT CAN CAUSE EYE, EAR, LUNG,
HEART, SKIN, LIVER & STOMACH DISORDERS...THEREFORE,
IT SHOULD ALWAYS, BE KEPT IN SEALED PACKAGES &,
STORED IN ROOMS WITH CONTROLLED, DRIED AIR.
SMALL PIECES OF PURE OSMION
SHOULD NEVER BE STORED IN CLOSED MOIST ROOMS
ROOMS WHERE OSMION IS STORED OR PROCESSED,
SHOULD HAVE A NON-RECIRCULATING 100% DRIED AIR SUPPLY
THOUGH OSMION IS AN ESSENTIAL TRACE MINERAL METAL,
POWDERED OSMION DOES MAKE 3 COMPOUNDS
THAT ARE TOXIC, TO THIN, VITAMIN DEFICIENT PERSONS.
INDUSTRIAL USES
OSMION IS A VERY HARD BRITTLE METAL,
THAT IS USED IN PLATING ALLOYS WITH NON-OCSIDIZING METALS
TO PROTECT THEM FROM SURFACE WEAR
IT IS USED WITH IRIDION, IN OSMIRIDION,
TO PLATE FOUNTAIN PENS TIPS,
THE WEAR SURFACES OF TAPE RECORDER HEADS,
LOW VOLTAGE SWITCH CONTACT POINTS,
INSTRUMENT PIVOTS & SMALL FLAT ROTARY GEARS.
OSMION IS USED IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS
NOT GREATER THAN 1% AS AN ADDITIVE
IN NON-MAGNETIC METAL ALLOY MIXES,
FOR HIGH STRENGTH STEELS FOR BRIDGE CABLES & NUTS

HUMAN USES 
OSMION IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL OF THE TRACE MINERAL METALS
WE USE OSMION MINERALS THRU-OUT OUR BODYS
IN THE FOLLOWING OSMION COMPOUNDS
CLICK-ON THE NAME OF THE COMPOUND TO GO TO A PAGE
OF DATA ON THAT CRYSTAL & THE FOODS IT IS FOUND IN.
   WE USE IN OUR BRAIN STEM & IN OUR PANCREAS
   IN THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS
 
PAIR OSMION TRI-OCSIDES            
   WE USE IN OUR EYE NERVE AXONS  
 
   WE USE IN THE PLEXIFORM LAYER
   OF THE EYE CONES IN OUR EYE RETINAS
 
   WE USE IN OUR RED BLOOD CELLS
 
   WE USE IN OUR LIVERS, VEIN TO CAPILLARY CONNECTIONS
   & MANY PEOPLES USE IT IN THEIR ARM & ANKLE TENDONS
 
   WE USE IN THE SPLEEN SITE THAT CREATES  TYROSINE
   FOR OUR HAIR & SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM
 
   MANY USE IN THEIR HAIR SHAFTS
   LACK OF THIS TRACE MINERAL CAUSES BALDNESS
 
   MANY WOMEN USE IN THE AMPOLLAS
   OF THEIR FALLOPIAN TUBES ABOVE THEIR OVARYS
 
   MEN USE CLOR-OSMION IN THE THEIR SEMINAL VESICLES 
   WOMEN USE CLOR-OSMION IN THEIR FALLOPIAN TUBAL FIMBRIA
 
   WE USE IN OUR LONG FINGER BONES
 
THE AGRICULTURAL USES
OSMION IS BENEFICIAL TO YELLOW APPLE TREES
IF YOUR YELLOW APPLE TREES ARE BEGINNING NOT TO PRODUCE
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SOIL TESTED
LEAF MULCHES OF THE APPLE TREES, CAN HELP TO RESTORE
THE OSMION CONTENT OF THE SOIL OVER SEVERAL YEARS
PASTES MADE OF PRUNE SEEDS AND FISH EMULSION
ALONG WITH SOIL WORMS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO
RESTORE THE OSMION CONTENT IN SIX MONTHS.
ARID ZONE SOILS  NORMALLY LACK OSMION,
WHICH IS WHY THEY NORMALLY DO NOT MAKE LARGE APPLES.
ARID ZONE LANDS WILL NEED SEASONAL LIQUID FERTILIZATION,
FOR AT LEAST 21 YEARS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE ABUNDANTLY.
SOURCES
IRIDOSIMINE ORE IS THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL SOURCE OF OSMION .
COSTS
OSMION COSTS ABOUT $100,000 A KILOGRAM OR $45,555 A POUND
RESEARCH
THE UNIVERSITYS OF KIEV AND VLADIVOSTOCK ARE STUDYING
VARIOUS WAYS TO MAKE MORE THERMAL RESISTANT
REACTOR TUBING WITH OSMION, IRIDION & TUNGSTON
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