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77 Ir 192.2173 u

Element 77 · Solid at room temperature

Iridium

Transition metals

Looks like: silvery white.

Ir

Iridium is a chemical element with symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, iridium is generally credited with being the second densest element (after osmium) based on measured density, although calculations involving the space lattices of the elements show that iridium is denser. It is also the most corrosion-resistant metal, even at temperatures as high as 2000 °C. Although only certain molten salts and halogens are corrosive to solid iridium, finely divided iridium dust is much more reactive and can be flammable.

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Atomic mass

192.2173u

Density

22.56g/cm³

Melts

2719 K

Boils

4403 K

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Iridium's family

Elements in the same column share their outer-electron count, so they behave alike.

Source

Discovered by Smithson Tennant.

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