Chemicals and Drugs

Platinum

A heavy, soft, whitish metal, resembling tin, with atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.084, symbol Pt. It is used in manufacturing equipment for laboratory and industrial use. It occurs as a black powder (platinum black) and as a spongy substance (spongy platinum) and may have been known in Pliny's time as alutiae.

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A heavy, soft, whitish metal, resembling tin, with atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.084, symbol Pt. It is used in manufacturing equipment for laboratory and industrial use. It occurs as a black powder (platinum black) and as a spongy substance (spongy platinum) and may have been known in Pliny's time as alutiae.

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  • Platinum Black

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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  1. D01w.268w.556w.690w
  2. D01w.268w.956w.734w
  3. D01w.552w.544w.690w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Platinum. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010984. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010984
  2. Platinum. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum
  3. Platinum. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880