Topic: Rhodium Versus Platinum
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What are rhodium and platinum used for?
Rhodium and platinum as precious metals (not being corroded) are used for jewelry; for automobile cats - the Pt helps with complete fuel burning, the Rh prevents Nox's. If electric car develops, this use will be much lower. Pt is a cataliza... Read More »
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What is platinum-rhodium alloy?
( ′plat·ən·əm ′rō·dē·əm ′al′öi ) (metallurgy) An alloy with up to 40% rhodium; as concentration of rhodium increases, so do chemical resistance and hardness (although less hard than for platinum-iridium alloys); used as a catalyst to make n... Read More »
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How do you assay for platinum and rhodium?
Answer The answer to your question depends in part on the form of the sample requiring analysis. There are two general forms in which refined Rhodium and / or Platinum may be found - as an alloy of Pt/Rh or in the form of a mixture of the i... Read More »
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Rhodium (IPA: /ˈrəʊdiəm/) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Rh and atomic number 45. A rare silvery-white hard transition metal, rhodium is a member of the platinum group, is found in platinum ores and is used ... Read More »
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Platinum is the most expensive metal. Rodium is a good durable metal but costs less. CZ is a cubic zirconia (simulated diamond). The metal will look good. The CZ is what will make it look either good or bad. If it's too big it will look tac... Read More »
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Platinum jewelry is often very heavy and dense as is most titanium jewelry. Titanium is actually really light. Read More »
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What do you mean by a large quantity? 1 kg, 1 tonne, 1 million tonnes? In the mining business, we usaully don't look at anything unless there's at least 10 million tons, but for an indvidual hobbyist a few kilo's could be interesting. If th... Read More »
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Not much, around 1/20th of a Troy Ounce. They can get away with this due to particle size. Chemical Reactions work on the surface of particles so a small amount of catalyst can be used if you maximize the surface area available for the reac... Read More »
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