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Iridium Scam
October 29 , 2025
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- The Crime Branch–Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), Tamil Nadu, arrested 57 persons in connection with the Iridium scam.
- Iridium is the element with an atomic number of 77.
- It is a hard, brittle, silver-white transition metal in the platinum group, known for being extremely dense and corrosion-resistant.
- It belongs to the family of elements whose one of the most important elements is Platinum.
- It was found in the year 1803 by an English chemist Smithson Tennant from platinum ores.
- It comes in the transition metal group.
- Uses for iridium include fountain-pen nibs (alloyed with osmium), compass bearings, high-temperature crucibles and heavy-duty electrical contacts.
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