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		<title>Who Discovered Platinum &#124; Platinum Element</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Platinum element occurs naturally in the alluvial sands of various rivers, though there is little evidence of its use by ancient peoples. However, the metal was used by pre-Columbian Americans near modern-day Esmeraldas, Ecuador to produce artifacts of a white gold-platinum element alloy. The first European reference to platinum element appears in 1557 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Is Platinum Found</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well where is platinum found?, the answer is that platinum is indeed found in some places, but the limited amount of places it’s found (and in the limited quantities it’s found) make it a truly unique metal. Here are some of the places platinum is found in the world. South Africa South Africa is famous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Platinum Used For</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So what is platinum used for?, Platinum is used to produce electricity by acting as a catalyst for fuel cells to convert hydrogen and oxygen. In near future this makes the deck even more attractive compared to the marginal use today. The most common use of platinum is as a catalyst in chemical reactions. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uses of Platinum &#124; What are Platinum Uses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The uses of Platinum is mainly used is the industry as a catalyst or jewelry in the manufacture of jewelry. More than half of world production of platinum is used in the manufacture of catalytic converters for the automotive industry (59%), it is a catalyst in the exhaust systems to reduce discharges of toxic compounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Properties of Platinum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Platinum has many properties. It resists the corrosion and abrasion, it does not oxidize in air and resist to chemical attack. Its melting temperature is high (1775 degrees) but it is more ductile and malleable as gold. Atomic number : 78 Atomic mass : 195.09 g.mol -1 Electronegativity according to Pauling : 2.2 Density : [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Platinum Price Per Ounce &#124; Platinum Element</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gold, silver, platinum and palladium are all precious metals. Even though platinum is not as well-known as gold and silver, it is still regarded as one of the most precious metals. Because of platinum&#8217;s rarity, it is even more precious than gold or silver. The return to the area of a thousand dollars an ounce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Facts About Platinum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting facts about platinum is that Platinum is often found chemically uncombined as native platinum and alloyed with iridium as platiniridium. Most often the native platinum is found in secondary deposits, platinum is combined with the other platinum group metals in alluvial deposits. The alluvial deposits used by pre-Columbian people in the Chocó Department, [...]]]></description>
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