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Platinum
Medical Definition: | Platinum. A heavy, soft, whitish metal, resembling tin, atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.09, symbol Pt. (From Dorland, 28th ed) 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". | |
Guide Notes: | Pt-195; Pt-194, 196, 198 = PLATINUM (IM) + ISOTOPES (NIM); Pt-173-193, 197, 199, 200 = PLATINUM (IM) + RADIOISOTOPES (IM) | |
CAS Type 1 Name: | CAS Number: | 7440-06-4 |
Platinum Medical Definitions and Terms
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