Osmium Tetroxide

Osmium Tetroxide

compound
OsO4

A volatile, intensely reactive compound used in electron microscopy labs worldwide

Scientists use osmium tetroxide to stain biological tissue so thin slices can be seen under an electron microscope.

Material

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Frame

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityOsmium tetroxide — C121
FormulaOsO4
Crystal systemmonoclinic
Space groupC 1 2 1
Lattice (a, b, c) Å8.66, 4.52, 4.75
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 117.9, 90

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)