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 | | Osmium dichloride, OsCI2, is obtained as a dark colored powder when the metal is heated in a current of chlorine. |
 | | Iodine has no action on osmium, but on warming the tetroxide with a mixture of potassium iodide and hydrochloric acid a deep emerald green color is produced, due to the formation of a compound OsI2.2H1; this reaction is a delicate test for osmium (E. Pinerua Alvarez, Com~,tes rendus, 1905, 140, p. |
 | | Osmium disuiphide, OsS2, is obtained as a dark brown precipitate, insoluble in water, by passing sulphuretted hydrogen into a solution of an osmichioride. |
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