As a result, your body may develop heat cramps, the mildest form of heat-related illness. Signs and symptoms of heat cramps usually include heavy sweating, fatigue, thirst and muscle cramps. Prompt treatment usually prevents heat cramps from progressing to heat exhaustion.
Six additional manmade isotopes are known. Properties: Osmium has a melting point of 3045 +/- 30 Â°C, boiling point of 5027 +/- 100Â°C, specific gravity of 22.57, with a valence usually +3, +4, +6, or +8, but sometimes 0, +1, +2, +5, +7. It is a lustrous blue-white metal. It is very hard and remains brittle even at high temperatures. Osmium has the lowest vapor pressure and highest melting point of the platinum group metals. Although solid osmium is unaffected by air at room temperature, the powder will give off osmium tetroxide, a strong oxidizer, highly toxic, with a characteristic odor (hence the metal's name).
Hard osmium-containing alloys are used in many contexts where resistance to wear due to friction or frequent operation is desirable; this includes use in the tips of fountain pens, instrument pivots, and electrical contacts.Despite its extreme toxicity, osmium tetroxide is the most frequently used osmium compound.It is valuable in the life sciences for staining and fixing biological tissue for electron microscopy, where it provides contrast that would otherwise be lacking when imaging substances made primarily of carbon.espite its extreme toxicity, osmium tetroxide is the most frequently used osmium compound. It is valuable in the life sciences for staining and fixing biological tissue for electron microscopy, where it provides contrast that would otherwise be lacking when imaging substances made primarily of carbon.