Facts
At room temperature, platinum is a silvery-white solid.
The word Platinum comes from the Spanish word Platina, meaning "little silver"
Periodic Table Group: Transition Metals
It's more valuable than Gold
Periodic Table Number: 78
Atomic Mass: 195.084
Chemical Symbol: Pt
Non-Toxic
Name: Platinum
Color: Silvery-white
Uses
in science labs.
containers
wire
coins
dentistry
watches
decoration
Jewelry
Platinum structure is made up of 78 protons, 78 electrons, and 117 neutrons.
History of Discovery
Platinum was discovered in South Amerca by South American peoples in 1557. It was formally introduced by Julius Scaliger in 1735.
15 times more scrace than gold
Isolation
The isolation (separation) of platinum is usually complex. You first treat the ore or base metal byproduct with aqua regia (a mix of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid). This gives a solution with gold and palladium complexes. They then remove the gold from the treatment, then the platinum is removed by precipitatiopn.
Platinum Atom
By: Mia Wertz
Is in period 7 on the periodic table of elements