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osmite Chem.|ˈɒsmaɪt, ˈɒz-| [ad. F. osmite (E. Frémy 1844, in Jrnl. de Pharm. et de Chim. V. 189), f. osmi-um + -ite1.] A salt of osmious acid. = osmate. Now Obs.
1844Phil. Mag. XXIV. 394 The liquor..deposits a crystalline powder of osmite of potash. 1849D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 255 This solution of osmiate of potash when heated with alcohol deposits crystals of osmite of potash (the alcohol deprives osmic acid of oxygen). 1852tr. Regnault's Elem. Chem. II. iii. 352 Osmite of potassa is obtained by pouring a few drops of alcohol into a solution of osmiate of potassa. Ibid., No osmite of ammonia is known. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 514 Osmite of potash may be obtained. 1891W. Ramsay Syst. Inorg. Chem. xxix. 483 Potassium osmite, K2OsO4.2H2O, is prepared by dissolving the tetroxide in potassium hydroxide, and adding alcohol. |