Platinum


 * Element name**: Platinum


 * Element symbol**: Pt


 * Atomic mass**: 195[[image:Platinum_Mike.png width="216" height="288" align="right"]]


 * Atomic number**: 78


 * Protons**: 78


 * Electrons**: 78


 * Discovery**: Discovery made by Antonio de Ulloa in 1735


 * How it was named**: from the spanish word for silver, Platina


 * State of matter**: solid


 * Melting point**: 1768°


 * Boiling point**: 3825°


 * Characteristics**: siler-white metal, malleable, soft, and ductile


 * Use of element**: jewelry, wire, vessels for laboratory uses, instruments, electrical contact, corrosion-resistent appartus, dentistry, coating missile nose cones, and for covering jet engine nozzles


 * Interesting facts**: Platinum is the rarest and heaviest of the precious metals. All of the Platinum ever mined would fit in the average size living room, ten tons of ore and a five month process is needed to generate one ounce of Platinum Bullion, also annually, only about 133 tons of Platinum are mined, compared to about 1,782 tons of Gold.

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