Platinum facts for kids
Platinum is a soft, heavy, white metal. It is a precious metal. It usually costs more than gold. In chemistry, platinum is element number 78, and its atoms have an atomic weight of 195 a.m.u.. The symbol for platinum is Pt, from Spanish platina meaning "little silver".
Platinum is very malleable and ductile, which means it can be hammered into thin sheets and it can be pulled into wire. Platinum is very stable. Acids do not affect platinum.
The most common use of Platinum is in a vehicle's catalytic converter.
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Images for kids
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Platinum being dissolved in hot aqua regia
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A native platinum nugget, Kondyor mine, Khabarovsk Krai
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Platinum-palladium ore, Stillwater mine, Beartooth Mountains, Montana, USA
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Sulfidic serpentintite (platinum-palladium ore) from the same mine as above
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Antonio de Ulloa is credited in European history with the discovery of platinum.
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An aerial photograph of a platinum mine in South Africa. South Africa accounts for 80% of global platinum production and a majority of the world's known platinum deposits.
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Cutaway view of a metal-core catalytic converter
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Prototype International Meter bar made by Johnson Matthey
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The anion of Zeise's salt
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Dichloro(cycloocta-1,5-diene)platinum(II)
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Cisplatin
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1,000 cubic centimeters of 99.9% pure platinum, worth about US$696,000 at 29 Jun 2016 prices
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See also
In Spanish: Platino para niños
