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PLATINUM METAL [2 records]

Record 1 2010-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Any of the six precious metallic elements including platinum and elements resembling it in chemical and physical properties that belong to group VIII of the periodic table....

OBS

... often divided into two triads ... ruthenium, rhodium and palladium ... osmium, iridium and platinum ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Mine du platine : [...] désigne ordinairement l'ensemble des six métaux : ruthénium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium et platine.

OBS

métal de la mine du platine figure à l'entrée rhodium de la source DCHIM.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale

Spanish

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