Platinum (Pt)
transition-metalSolid
Standard Atomic Weight
195.084 uElectron configuration
[Xe] 6s1 4f14 5d9Melting point
1768.4 °CBoiling point
3824.85 °CDensity
2.146e+4 kg/m³Oxidation states
−3, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6Electronegativity (Pauling)
2.28Ionization energy (1st)
8.95883 eVDiscovery year
1735Atomic radius
135 pmDetails
Platinum is a dense, silvery-white transition metal in group 10 and a member of the platinum-group elements. It is exceptionally resistant to corrosion and oxidation, yet it can catalyze many reactions at its surface. The metal is chemically noble in bulk but forms well-defined complexes, especially in the +2 and +4 oxidation states. Its combination of durability, catalytic activity, and electrical stability gives it technological importance disproportionate to its crustal abundance.
Platinum is a beautiful silvery-white metal, when pure, and is malleable and ductile. It has a coefficient of expansion almost equal to that of soda-lime-silica glass, and is therefore used to make sealed electrodes in glass systems. The metal does not oxidize in air at any temperature, but is corroded by halogens, cyanides, sulfur, and caustic alkalis.
It is insoluble in hydrochloric and nitric acid, but dissolves when they are mixed as aqua regia, forming chloroplatinic acid.
The name derives from the Spanish platina for "silver". In 1735, the Spanish astronomer Antonio de Ulloa found platinum in Peru, South America. In 1741, the English metallurgist Charles Wood found platinum from Colombia, South America. In 1750, the English physician William Brownrigg prepared purified platinum metal.
Used by the pre-Columbian Indians of South America, platinum wasn't noticed by western scientists until 1735. Platinum can occur free in nature and is sometimes found in deposits of gold-bearing sands, primarily those found in the Ural mountains, Columbia and the western United States. Platinum, in the form of the mineral sperrylite (PtAs2), is also obtained as a byproduct of the nickel mining operation in the Sudbury region of Ontario, Canada. Credit for the modern rediscovery of platinum is usually given to Antonio de Ulloa.
Discovered in South America by Ulloa in 1735 and by Wood in 1741. The metal was used by pre-Columbian Indians.
Pure platinum is a lustrous, silvery-white metal with a high density and a high melting point. It is ductile and malleable, and clean metal surfaces retain their metallic sheen in air because oxide formation is not favored under ordinary conditions.
Platinum is used chiefly as a catalyst, especially in automotive catalytic converters, petroleum refining, chemical synthesis, and fuel-cell electrodes. It is also used in jewelry, laboratory ware, electrical contacts, thermocouples, resistance thermometers, and high-stability electrodes. Some platinum coordination compounds are important anticancer drugs, including cisplatin, cis-[PtCl₂(NH₃)₂], although their medical use is compound-specific rather than a property of the metal itself.
Platinum is a soft, dense, ductile metal that is very resistant to corrosion. It is used to make jewelry, wire, electrical contacts and laboratory vessels. Platinum expands at nearly the same rate as soda-lime-silica glass, so it is used to make sealed electrodes in glass systems. Platinum is used to coat missile nose cones, jet engine fuel nozzles and other devices that must operate reliably for long periods of time at high temperatures. Platinum resistance wires are used in high temperature electric furnaces. Platinum anodes are used in cathodic protection systems to prevent ships, pipelines and steel piers from corroding in salt water.
Platinum is widely used as a catalyst. It will convert methyl alcohol vapors (CH4O) into formaldehyde (CH2O) on contact, glowing red hot in the process. This effect is used to make small hand warmers. Platinum is also used in a device called a catalytic converter, a device found in the exhaust systems of most cars. Catalytic converters combine carbon monoxide (CO) and unburned fuel from a car's exhaust with oxygen from the air, forming carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O). Platinum is also used as a catalyst in the production of sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and in the cracking of petroleum products. Fuel cells, devices that combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity and water, also use platinum as a catalyst.
The metal is extensively used in jewelry, wire, and vessels for laboratory use, and in many valuable instruments including therocouple elements. It is also used for electrical contacts, corrosion-resistant apparatus, and in dentistry.
Platinum-cobalt alloys have magnetic properties. One such alloy made of 76.7% Pt and 23.3% Co, by weight, is an extremely powerful magnet that offers a B-H (max) almost twice that of Alnico V. Platinum resistance wires are used for constructing high-temperature electric furnaces.
The metal is used for coating missile nose cones, jet engine fuel nozzles, etc., which must perform reliably at high temperatures for long periods of time. The metal, like palladium, absorbs large volumes of hydrogen, retaining it at ordinary temperatures but giving it up when heated.
In the finely divided state platinum is an excellent catalyst, having long been used in the contact process for producing sulfuric acid. It is also used as a catalyst in cracking petroleum products. Much interest exists in using platinum as a catalyst in fuel cells and in antipollution devices for automobiles.
Platinum anodes are extensively used in cathodic protection systems for large ships and ocean-going vessels, pipelines, steel piers, etc. Fine platinum wire will glow red hot when placed in the vapor of methyl alcohol. It acts here as a catalyst, converting the alcohol to formaldehyde. The phenomenon has been used commercially to produce cigarette lighters and hand warmers. Hydrogen and oxygen explode in the presence of platinum.
Isotopes in Earth/Planetary Science
Astrophysicists have confirmed an anomaly in the isotopic composition of platinum in the chemically peculiar HgMn star χ Lupi, where the platinum isotopic composition was shown to be a mixture of 196Pt and 198Pt (Fig. IUPAC.78.1) [526] G. Kalus, S. Johansson, G. M. Wahlgren, D. S. Leckrone, A. P. Thorne, J. C. Brandt. Astrophys. J.494, 792 (1998)..
Isotopes in Geochronology
The decay of 190Pt (with a half-life of 4.9×1011 years) to 186Os over time has been used for dating rocks and iron meteorites [527] J. A. Coggona, G. M. Nowella, D. G. Pearsona, T. Oberthürb, J.-P. Lorandc, F. Melcherb, S. W. Parmand. Chem. Geol.302-303, 48 (2012)..
Isotopes in Medicine
195mPt (with a half-life of 4 days) is used for pharmacokinetic studies of platinum-based anti-tumor agents in cancer diagnosis and cancer therapy [188] S. J. Adelstein, F. J. Manning. Isotopes for Medicine and the Life Sciences, pp. 20–25, National Academy Press, Washington DC (1995).. The m in the superscript of 195mPt indicates a metastable state of the isotope. 195mPt can be produced from the stable isotopes 192Os or 195Pt via the 192Os (α, n) 195mPt reaction and the 195Pt (n, n′) 195mPt reaction, respectively.
Platinum chemistry is dominated by square-planar Pt(II) and octahedral Pt(IV) complexes, with lower and higher formal states known in specialized compounds. Chloroplatinic acid, H₂PtCl₆, and hexachloroplatinate salts are common precursors for catalysts and coordination chemistry. Platinum(II) chloride, PtCl₂, and platinum(IV) chloride, PtCl₄, illustrate its stable chlorides. Platinum forms many ammine, phosphine, carbonyl, and organometallic complexes; its ability to bind and activate H₂, CO, alkenes, and other small molecules underlies much of its catalytic value.
See more information at the Platinum compound page.
Massive platinum metal is generally of low chemical toxicity and is poorly reactive in the body, but finely divided platinum can be a fire or explosion hazard in some atmospheres and may catalyze unwanted reactions. Soluble platinum salts and some coordination compounds can cause allergic sensitization, asthma, skin reactions, or systemic toxicity. Industrial exposure risks are greatest during refining, catalyst manufacture, and handling of soluble or dusty forms.
Platinum occurs naturally at very low concentrations, mainly in ultramafic and mafic ore systems and in placer deposits with other platinum-group elements. In the environment it is mostly present as resistant metallic particles, sulfides, alloys, or strongly bound complexes. Road dust can contain platinum released from catalytic converters, but its mobility and bioavailability depend strongly on particle size, oxidation state, chloride content, and local chemistry.
Platinum is produced mostly as a by-product or co-product from ores rich in platinum-group elements, nickel, and copper. Mining and refining require concentration of very low-grade material followed by complex separation of closely related metals. Supply is geographically concentrated and sensitive to ore quality, energy costs, labor conditions, and refining capacity. Demand is led by emission-control catalysts, jewelry, chemical catalysts, electronics, and electrochemical technologies. Recycling from spent automotive catalysts and industrial catalysts is an important secondary source because the metal is valuable and durable.
Platinum occurs natively, accompanied by small quantities of iridium, osmium, palladium, ruthenium, and rhodium, all belonging to the same group of metals. These are found in the alluvial deposits of the Ural mountains, of Columbia, and of certain western American states. Sperrylite, occurring with the nickel-bearing deposits of Sudbury, Ontario, is the source of a considerable amount of metal.
The large production of nickel makes up for the fact that is only one part of the platinum metals in two million parts of ore.
Platinum is a rare heavy element in the cosmos, produced mainly by rapid neutron-capture processes in extreme astrophysical events. It is present in meteorites and planetary materials at trace levels, with siderophile behavior that caused much of Earth’s original inventory to partition into the core. Crustal platinum is therefore scarce and concentrated only by later geological processes.
- Platinum resists attack by most single mineral acids but dissolves in aqua regia.
- The international prototype metre and kilogram were made from a platinum-iridium alloy.
- Finely divided platinum can absorb and activate hydrogen at its surface.
- Native platinum commonly contains iron and other platinum-group metals rather than being perfectly pure.
- Platinum resistance thermometers are used because its electrical resistance is stable and reproducible.
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Properties
Physical
- Atomic radius (empirical)
- 135 pm Compare Atomic radius (empirical) of all elements →
- Covalent radius
- 136 pm Compare Covalent radius of all elements →
- Van der Waals radius
- 209 pm Compare Van der Waals radius of all elements →
- Metallic radius
- 130 pm Compare Metallic radius of all elements →
- Density
- 2.146 × 104 kg/m³ Compare Density of all elements →
- Molar volume
- 0.0091 L/mol
- Phase at STP
- Solid Compare Phase at STP of all elements →
- Melting point
- 1768.4 °C Compare Melting point of all elements →
- Boiling point
- 3824.85 °C Compare Boiling point of all elements →
- Thermal conductivity
- 71.6 W/(m·K) Compare Thermal conductivity of all elements →
- Specific heat capacity
- 0.133 J/(g·K) Compare Specific heat capacity of all elements →
- Molar heat capacity
- 25.86 J/(mol·K) Compare Molar heat capacity of all elements →
- Crystal structure
- Face-centered cubic Compare Crystal structure of all elements →
Chemical
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 2.28 Compare Electronegativity (Pauling) of all elements →
- Electronegativity (Allen)
- 1.72
- Electron affinity
- 2.1228 eV
- Ionization energy (1st)
- 8.95883 eV Compare Ionization energy (1st) of all elements →
- Ionization energy (2nd)
- 18.560064 eV Compare Ionization energy (2nd) of all elements →
- Ionization energy (3rd)
- 29.0001 eV Compare Ionization energy (3rd) of all elements →
- Ionization energy (4th)
- 43.000148 eV Compare Ionization energy (4th) of all elements →
- Ionization energy (5th)
- 56.000193 eV Compare Ionization energy (5th) of all elements →
- Oxidation states
- −3, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6 Compare Oxidation states of all elements →
- Valence electrons
- 10 Compare Valence electrons of all elements →
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 6s1 4f14 5d9
Thermodynamic
- Heat of fusion
- 0.20490232 eV Compare Heat of fusion of all elements →
- Heat of vaporization
- 4.860859 eV Compare Heat of vaporization of all elements →
- Heat of sublimation
- 5.845468 eV
- Heat of atomization
- 5.845468 eV
- Atomization enthalpy
- 5.863088 eV
Nuclear
- Protons
- 78 Compare Protons of all elements →
- Neutrons
- 116 Compare Neutrons of all elements →
- Known isotopes
- 44 Compare Known isotopes of all elements →
- Stable isotopes
- 3 Compare Stable isotopes of all elements →
- Most stable isotope
- Pt-194
- Discovery year
- 1735
Abundance
- Abundance (Earth's crust)
- 0.005 mg/kg Compare Abundance (Earth's crust) of all elements →
Crystal Structure
- Lattice constant a
- 392 pm
Electronic Structure
- Electrons per shell
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 17, 1 Compare Electrons per shell of all elements →
Identifiers
- CAS number
- 7440-06-4 Compare CAS number of all elements →
- Term symbol
- 3D3
- InChI
- InChI=1S/Pt
- InChI Key
- BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Electron Configuration Measured
Pt: 4f¹⁴ 5d⁹ 6s¹[Xe] 4f¹⁴ 5d⁹ 6s¹1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p⁶ 4f¹⁴ 5d⁹ 6s¹Atomic model
Isotopes change neutron count, mass, and stability — not the electron configuration of a neutral atom.
Schematic atomic model, not to scale.
Atomic Fingerprint
Emission / Absorption Spectrum
Isotope Distribution
| Mass number | Atomic mass (u) | Natural abundance | Half-life |
|---|---|---|---|
| 194 Stable | 193.9626809 ± 0.000001 | 32.8600% | Stable |
| 196 Stable | 195.96495209 ± 0.00000099 | 25.2100% | Stable |
| 198 Stable | 197.9678949 ± 0.0000023 | 7.3560% | Stable |
Phase / State
Reason: 1743.4 °C below melting point (1768.4 °C)
Schematic, not to scale
Phase transition points
Transition energies
Energy required to melt 1 mol at melting point
Energy required to vaporize 1 mol at boiling point
Energy required to sublime 1 mol at sublimation point
Density
At standard conditions
At standard conditions
Atomic Spectra
Showing 10 of 78. Sorted by ion charge (ascending).
Lines Holdings ?
| Ion | Charge | Total lines | Transition probabilities | Level designations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pt I | 0 | 995 | 166 | 995 |
| Pt II | +1 | 2268 | 183 | 2268 |
| Pt IV | +3 | 1531 | 1531 | 1531 |
| Pt V | +4 | 1729 | 1729 | 1729 |
| Pt VI | +5 | 1467 | 1467 | 1467 |
| Pt VII | +6 | 786 | 786 | 786 |
| Pt VIII | +7 | 360 | 360 | 360 |
Levels Holdings ?
| Ion | Charge | Levels |
|---|---|---|
| Pt I | 0 | 202 |
| Pt II | +1 | 282 |
| Pt III | +2 | 2 |
| Pt IV | +3 | 238 |
| Pt V | +4 | 259 |
| Pt VI | +5 | 251 |
| Pt VII | +6 | 178 |
| Pt VIII | +7 | 80 |
| Pt IX | +8 | 2 |
| Pt X | +9 | 2 |
Ionic Radii
| Charge | Coordination | Spin | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|
| +2 | 4 | N/A | 60 pm |
| +2 | 6 | N/A | 80 pm |
| +4 | 6 | N/A | 62.5 pm |
| +5 | 6 | N/A | 56.99999999999999 pm |
Compounds
Isotopes (3)
| Mass number | Atomic mass (u) | Natural abundance | Half-life | Decay mode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 Stable | 193.9626809 ± 0.000001 | 32.8600% ± 0.4000% | Stable | stable | |
| 196 Stable | 195.96495209 ± 0.00000099 | 25.2100% ± 0.3400% | Stable | stable | |
| 198 Stable | 197.9678949 ± 0.0000023 | 7.3560% ± 0.1300% | Stable | stable |
Spectral Lines
Showing 50 of 264. Only spectral lines with measured intensity are shown by default.
| Wavelength (nm) | Intensity | Ion stage | Type | Transition | Accuracy | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 381.86875 nm | 8300 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d8.6s.(4F).6p a 5G* | Measured | NIST | |
| 676.00069 nm | 6500 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3F* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 530.10143 nm | 3900 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p 5G* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 396.6357 nm | 3400 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d8.6s.(4F).6p a 5D* | Measured | NIST | |
| 416.45502 nm | 3300 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d9.6p 3F* | Measured | NIST | |
| 411.86745 nm | 3000 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6s b 1D → 5d9.6p 3D* | Measured | NIST | |
| 652.34376 nm | 3000 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p b 3P* → 5d9.7s 1D | Measured | NIST | |
| 444.25477 nm | 2400 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d9.6p a 3P* | Measured | NIST | |
| 432.70524 nm | 2300 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p a 5F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 709.475 nm | 2300 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p 3G* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(1S<0>) (4,0) | Measured | NIST | |
| 711.37244 nm | 2300 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3P → 5d9.6p a 3P* | Measured | NIST | |
| 671.03998 nm | 2200 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3D* → 5d9.7s 1D | Measured | NIST | |
| 522.76459 nm | 2100 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6s b 1D → 5d9.6p a 3P* | Measured | NIST | |
| 505.94815 nm | 1900 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p a 3P* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 547.57631 nm | 1900 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3F* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 584.01269 nm | 1800 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d9.6p a 3P* | Measured | NIST | |
| 419.24241 nm | 1700 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6s b 1D → 5d9.6p b 3P* | Measured | NIST | |
| 547.84793 nm | 1500 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p b 5F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 684.25984 nm | 1500 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3D* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 449.8748 nm | 1100 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3F* → 5d9.6d 3G | Measured | NIST | |
| 539.07754 nm | 1100 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3F* → 5d9.7s 1D | Measured | NIST | |
| 632.6577 nm | 1100 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 1G → 5d9.6p 3D* | Measured | NIST | |
| 584.48054 nm | 1000 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p b 5F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 536.89866 nm | 960 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d9.6p 3F* | Measured | NIST | |
| 631.83662 nm | 930 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3P* → 5d9.7s 1D | Measured | NIST | |
| 602.60247 nm | 860 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p 5F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 695.7507 nm | 800 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(2F).6p a 3F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.6d b (4,?) | Measured | NIST | |
| 455.24119 nm | 730 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p a 5F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 428.80508 nm | 680 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d8.6s.(2D).6p a 3F* | Measured | NIST | |
| 713.16333 nm | 650 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(2F).6p b 3D* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 689.67056 nm | 590 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(2F).6p a 3F* → 5d8.(3F<3>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (3,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 409.22515 nm | 580 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p a 5D* → 5d9.6d a 3G | Measured | NIST | |
| 707.8062 nm | 580 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p b 5D* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 401.37143 nm | 570 | Pt II | emission | 5d8.6p 76610* → 5d8.(3P).7s (2,1/2) | Measured | NIST | |
| 628.34779 nm | 570 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(2F).6p a 3D* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 683.80564 nm | 560 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.7s.(3S<1>) (4,1) | Measured | NIST | |
| 452.29919 nm | 550 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3D* → 5d9.6d 1F | Measured | NIST | |
| 664.83039 nm | 550 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p b 3P* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 703.00606 nm | 540 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4P).6p a 5D* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST | |
| 448.46871 nm | 520 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3F* → 5d9.6d 3F | Measured | NIST | |
| 748.60309 nm | 520 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 1G → 5d8.6s.(4F).6p a 5D* | Measured | NIST | |
| 576.3566 nm | 510 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p a 5D* → 5d9.7s 1D | Measured | NIST | |
| 712.5028 nm | 500 | Pt I | emission | 5d7.(4F).6s2.6p a 3G* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.6d b (4,?) | Measured | NIST | |
| 427.3898 nm | 490 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(2F).6p a 3D* → 5d9.6d b 3G | Measured | NIST | |
| 439.18207 nm | 490 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 1G → 5d8.6s.(2F).6p a 3D* | Measured | NIST | |
| 392.53348 nm | 480 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s2 3F → 5d8.6s.(4F).6p 5G* | Measured | NIST | |
| 712.2889 nm | 480 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4P).6p 5D* → 5d9.7d 3P | Measured | NIST | |
| 386.84222 nm | 470 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p b 5F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.6d b (4,?) | Measured | NIST | |
| 387.57161 nm | 470 | Pt I | emission | 5d8.6s.(4F).6p b 5F* → 5d8.(3F<4>).6s.6d b (4,?) | Measured | NIST | |
| 420.12097 nm | 470 | Pt I | emission | 5d9.6p 3P* → 5d9.7s 3D | Measured | NIST |
Extended Properties
Covalent Radii (Extended)
- Covalent radius (Pyykkö)
- 123 pm
- Covalent radius (Pyykkö, double)
- 112 pm
- Covalent radius (Pyykkö, triple)
- 110 pm
Van der Waals Radii
- Batsanov
- 205 pm
- Alvarez
- 229 pm
- UFF
- 275.4 pm
- MM3
- 239 pm
Atomic & Metallic Radii
- Atomic radius (Rahm)
- 230 pm
- Metallic radius (C12)
- 139 pm
Numbering Scales
- Mendeleev
- 69
- Pettifor
- 68
- Glawe
- 64
Electronegativity Scales
- Ghosh
- 0
- Miedema
- 6
- Gunnarsson–Lundqvist
- 4
- Robles–Bartolotti
- 3
Polarizability & Dispersion
- Dipole polarizability
- 48 a.u.
- Dipole polarizability (unc.)
- 4 a.u.
- C₆ (Gould–Bučko)
- 470 Ha·Bohr6
Miedema Parameters
- Miedema molar volume
- 9.1 cm3/mol
- Miedema electron density
- 6
Supply Risk & Economics
- Production concentration
- 60
- Relative supply risk
- 8
- Reserve distribution
- 95
- Political stability (top producer)
- 44
- Political stability (top reserve)
- 44
Phase Transitions & Allotropes
| Melting point | 2041.35 K |
| Boiling point | 4098.15 K |
Oxidation State Categories
Advanced Reference Data
Screening Constants (14)
| n | Orbital | σ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | s | 1.506 |
| 2 | p | 4.4746 |
| 2 | s | 20.3702 |
| 3 | d | 13.5027 |
| 3 | p | 22.1139 |
| 3 | s | 23.0157 |
| 4 | d | 37.37 |
| 4 | f | 38.494 |
| 4 | p | 35.2696 |
| 4 | s | 34.3612 |
Crystal Radii Detail (4)
| Charge | CN | Spin | rcrystal (pm) | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | IVSQ | 74 | ||
| 2 | VI | 94 | Ahrens (1952) ionic radius, | |
| 4 | VI | 76.5 | from r^3 vs V plots, | |
| 5 | VI | 71 | estimated, from r^3 vs V plots, |
Isotope Decay Modes (67)
| Isotope | Mode | Intensity |
|---|---|---|
| 165 | A | 100% |
| 166 | A | 100% |
| 167 | A | 100% |
| 168 | A | 100% |
| 168 | B+ | — |
| 169 | A | 100% |
| 169 | B+ | — |
| 170 | A | 100% |
| 170 | B+ | — |
| 171 | A | 86% |
X‑ray Scattering Factors (945)
| Energy (eV) | f₁ | f₂ |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | -0.0027 | 0.00979 |
| 0.13 | -0.0033 | 0.01359 |
| 0.15 | -0.0035 | 0.01538 |
| 0.17 | -0.0037 | 0.01722 |
| 0.2 | -0.0043 | 0.02103 |
| 0.22 | -0.0045 | 0.02279 |
| 0.25 | -0.0051 | 0.02656 |
| 0.28 | -0.0056 | 0.0304 |
| 0.3 | -0.0058 | 0.03194 |
| 0.32 | -0.0058 | 0.03342 |
Additional Data
Estimated Crustal Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's crust.
5×10-3 milligrams per kilogram
References (1)
- [5] Platinum https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele078.html
Estimated Oceanic Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's oceans.
Not Applicable
References (1)
- [5] Platinum https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele078.html
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Sources of this element.
Platinum occurs natively, accompanied by small quantities of iridium, osmium, palladium, ruthenium, and rhodium, all belonging to the same group of metals. These are found in the alluvial deposits of the Ural mountains, of Columbia, and of certain western American states. Sperrylite, occurring with the nickel-bearing deposits of Sudbury, Ontario, is the source of a considerable amount of metal.
The large production of nickel makes up for the fact that is only one part of the platinum metals in two million parts of ore.
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