Nomenclature
CAS number: 16871-60-6
Osmium potassium chloride.
Cl
6K
2Os; mol wt 481.14.
Cl 44.21%, K 16.25%, Os 39.54%.
K
2[OsCl
6].
Description and references
Preparation: Turner et al., Anal. Chem. 30, 1708 (1958).
Properties
Dark red to almost black, cubic crystals. Freely
sol in water; sparingly sol in alcohol.