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1. Iridium

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   Iridium ($\text{Ir}$) is a hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal, atomic number 77. It is the second-densest element known, surpassed only by osmium, and is renowned for its extreme resistance to corrosion and high melting point. Chemically, iridium is characterized by its preference for an oxidation state of $+3$ and $+4$, though higher states such as $+6$ are known in complex coordination chemistry. …