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Preferred Name

Osmium Tetroxide

Synonyms

Osmium Tetroxide

Tetraoxoosmium

Osmium(VIII) Oxide

OSMIUM TETROXIDE

Definitions

An osmium oxide composed of four oxygen atoms bound to a central osmium atom. Osmium tetroxide is most commonly used as a fixative, and in oxidation reactions and biological staining. It is characterized as a colorless, or pale-yellow crystalline solid with a pungent odor. Exposure occurs by inhalation, ingestion, or contact.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C163683

ALT_DEFINITION

The chemical agent osmium tetroxide.

CAS_Registry

20816-12-0

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:88215

code

C163683

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C160930

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

An osmium oxide composed of four oxygen atoms bound to a central osmium atom. Osmium tetroxide is most commonly used as a fixative, and in oxidation reactions and biological staining. It is characterized as a colorless, or pale-yellow crystalline solid with a pungent odor. Exposure occurs by inhalation, ingestion, or contact.

FULL_SYN

Osmium Tetroxide

Tetraoxoosmium

Osmium(VIII) Oxide

OSMIUM TETROXIDE

label

Osmium Tetroxide

NCI_META_CUI

CL977038

Preferred_Name

Osmium Tetroxide

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C163683

Semantic_Type

Inorganic Chemical

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C45678

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