MOLYBDENUM AND OSMUIM

MOLYBDENUM

• Atomic number: 42
• Symbol: Mo
• Mass: 95.54

GENERAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• Metal
• Highly conductive
• Solid at room temperature
• Shiny, silver-black metal, and bumpy

GENERAL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

• Not reactive in water
• Slightly toxic in water
• Flammable in powder form

MISCELLANEOUS INFO

• Mined
• Transition Metal group
• Used to be used to make pencils
• It was often confused with graphite
• People thought it contained lead

OSMIUM

• Symbol: Os
• Atomic Number: 76
• Atomic weight: 190.23

GENERAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• Transition metal
• Conductive
• Solid
• Blue-ish white, shiny, unworkable metal

GENERAL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

• Unaffected by water
• Not flammable

MISCELLANEOUS INFO

• Obtained from the same ore as platinum
• Found in nature as an alloy
• Found in the platinum group
• Used in the ink of fountain pens
• Used in microsophy finger print detection