Iridium is element 77, a transition metal of the d block, in group 9, period 6. Its ground-state configuration is [Xe] 4f14 5d7 6s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 2, 3, 4, 6.
It was discovered in 1803, by Tennant and Andere.
Name origin: Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
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