Vocabulary : Osmiamic to Osmometry

Osmiamic : Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of osmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts.
Osmic : Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide.
Osmidrosis : The secretion of fetid sweat.
Osmious : Denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds; as, osmious chloride.
Osmite : A salt of osmious acid.

Osmium : A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.
Osmogene : An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used esp. in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.
Osmograph : An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures.
Osmometer : An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in different liquids.
Osmometry : The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.

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