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By:Shaun Mill Valley Middle School |
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This is an image of Julius Scaliger. |
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The man who founded this precious metal was a man by the name of Julius Scaliger. He found the metal in Italy in the year of 1735. It was first found in gold mines up to 21 pound nuggets. That's a whole lot of Platinum! This metal is much rarer than gold. That is why it is so exspensive. |
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Believe it or not, there are some interesting facts about the metal Platinum. For instance, many Wrappers rather have Platinum teeth rather than thier regular self-grown teeth. If you ask me, thats rather weird. Another fact is that Platinum is eight times more exspensive than gold. The metal Platinum also Boils at 3827.0 c , 6920.6 F. It's melting point is 1772.0 c, and 3221.6 F. |
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Amazingly there are many uses of Platinum. It' s Not only used for jewelery but is also used for crucibles, dental crowns, Anti-tumors, and fake teeth. This metal is most commonly used as jewelery but is also often used as dental crowns. People prefer plati9num over gold when needing a dental crown. |
This a picture of a Platinum Atom. |
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Platinum is a very silverish, bright, smooth metal. It is eight times more exspensive than gold and is very rare. It is used mostly as a jewelery metal but still looks much like the other metal silver. |
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Julius Scaliger: A 17th century man who was the founder of Platinum. Oxidation: The combination of substances with oxygen Crucibles: A vessel usually made from platinum used to mix a grined elements |
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