Interesting Facts
- Platinum is the rarest metal from the Precious metal categories..
- Commercially Platinum is produced as a byproduct in ores of nickel.
Actinium glows in the dark due to its radioactivity.
Sources
Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
History
Who Discovered
Antonio de Ulloa
Friedrich Oskar Giesel
Discovery
In 1735
In 1902
Abundance
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0.11
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0.1
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22
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1E-37
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1.1
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Abundance In Humans
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1.4
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