Name: | Platinum |
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PubChem Compound ID: | 161142 |
Description: | Platinum. A heavy, soft, whitish metal, resembling tin, atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.09, symbol Pt. (From Dorland, 28th ed) It is used in manufacturing equipment for laboratory and industrial use. It occurs as a black powder (platinum black) and as a spongy substance (spongy platinum) and may have been known in Pliny's time as "alutiae". |
Molecular formula: | Pt |
Molecular weight: | 190.962 g/mol |
Synonyms: |
15706-36-2; Platinum-191; Platinum, isotope of mass 191
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