Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!mit-eddie!husc6!cca!mirror!prism!brian From: brian@prism.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Osmium? Message-ID: <201800001@prism> Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 10:14:00 EDT Article-I.D.: prism.201800001 Posted: Mon Jun 22 10:14:00 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jun-87 05:16:37 EDT References: <1754@ames.UUCP> Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:ames.UUCP:-175400:prism:201800001:000:515 Nf-From: prism.UUCP!brian Jun 22 10:14:00 1987 If I added a small amount of Osmium to a metal that melts (say, zinc), would it increase the hardness (like antimony does to lead)? ---- Brian K. Moran brian@mirror.TMC.COM {mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca, datacube}!mirror!brian Mirror Systems 2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA, 02140 Telephone: 617-661-0777 extension 141 "Won't somebody tell me, just who and what I did... Why's this ring on my finger, and who's that screaming kid? " From "Lost Weekend" by the Beat Farmers ---