Facts About Platinum and Plutonium
Interesting Facts
- Platinum is the rarest metal from the Precious metal categories..
- Commercially Platinum is produced as a byproduct in ores of nickel.
- Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
- Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
Sources
Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Mining, Ores of metals
Who Discovered
Antonio de Ulloa
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan
Discovery
In 1735
In Between 1940 1941
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust