Platinum by Ellison Heil

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Platinum by Ellison Heil
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Uses and properties

• Platinum is used for many things such as
• Dentistry
• Used in missile nose cones because of its
  reliability at high temp
• used in jewelry, wire, and vessels for
  laboratory use
• Used for coating items that must be exposed to
  high temperatures for long periods of time
• Anti cancer drugs
• Explosives
• Fiber-obtic cables
• LCD screens
• And many more

• Melting Point 2041.55 K (1768.4C or 3215.1F)
• Boiling Point 4098 K (3825C or 6917F)
• Density 21.46 grams per cubic centimeter
• It is a solid at room Temperature
• its a silvery-white metal when pure
• does not oxidize in air at any temperature

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FACTS

• Platinum comes from the Spanish word platina
  meaning silver
• Discovered in South America in 1734 by Ulloa
• Platinum cost about 8 times as much as gold in
  1920
• It costs bout 500/troy oz right now
• Platinum is 35 times more rare than Gold
• Considered the rarest of all the metals
• Approximately 8 tons of raw ore must be mined to
  produce just one pure ounce of platinum

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Missile nose tips
Melting point3215.1F
Properties
Uses
Density 21.46
jewelry
Boiling point 6917F
Dentistry
35 times more rare Than Gold
platinum
South America
Facts
Discovery
Comes from the wordPlatina
1734
Costs about500/troy oz
By Ulloa
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SOURCES

• http//www.principalmetals.com/utilities/78.htm
• http//www.svetn.org/Angel/section/default.asp?id
  NS2DBRE2DSCI2DScience62DYear05
• http//www.svetn.org/Angel/section/default.asp?id
  NS2DBRE2DSCI2DScience62DYear05
• http//www.platinuminfo.net/pgm_pt_props.html
• http//www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID1238