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The Platinum Decathlon – A Tribute to the Foresight of Antoine Baumé

2012; Johnson Matthey; Volume: 56; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1595/147106712x650811

1471-0676

C. F. T. Barnard, Andrew Fones,

Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Ten application areas and ten properties of platinum (or its alloys) are selected here to represent a “platinum decathlon”. Platinum has a unique combination of properties which make it eminently suitable for many applications from jewellery to anticancer drugs, from high-temperature engineering to a range of catalytic applications. The 18th century French chemist Antoine Baumé foresaw the desirability of platinum’s use in industry and its use today in many essential areas bears this out.