Timeline for Can osmium replace calcium or be placed in with it to make an organic human exoskeleton
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| Dec 19, 2017 at 12:46 | comment | added | anon | toxicity depends on a biological system being unable to process a chemical that can interfere with normal chemical reactions comprising that system. Cyanide is toxic to humans however occurs naturally in plants. Similarly chocolate is extremely toxic to dogs. | |
| Dec 19, 2017 at 9:27 | history | edited | Slarty | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 19, 2017 at 9:15 | comment | added | Slarty | @anon this is true, but with an oxide that is 50 x more toxic than Mercury its not a good start. Although Osmium has some interesting and useful properties, its compounds and alloys would behave differently, especially if it is the minor component. It would be better to use Iridium which is very nearly as dense. | |
| Dec 19, 2017 at 1:45 | comment | added | anon | Just because Osmium tetraoxide is highly poisonous does not mean osmium is inherently poisonous or that a biologic process couldn't work it into something useful. Obviously replacing calcium in bone is unlikely but that isn't to say osmium couldn't be worked into some bone like construct either by some new semi organic compound or deposition. | |
| Dec 18, 2017 at 23:15 | history | answered | Slarty | CC BY-SA 3.0 |