Description & History
plat·i·num (1812):
a heavy precious grayish white noncorroding ductile malleable metallic element that fuses with difficulty and is used especially in chemical ware and apparatus, as a catalyst, and in dental and jewelry alloys
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Element
| Symbol | Pt |
| Z | 78 |
| Atomic Weight | 195.089996 |
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| Density | 21.3700008 |
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Edge Energies
(keV)
| K | 78.3949966 |
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| L1 | 13.8920002 |
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| L2 | 13.2729998 |
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| L3 | 11.5640001 |
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| M | 3.29699993 |
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| K-alpha | 66.8199997 |
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| K-beta | 75.7360001 |
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| L-alpha | 9.44099998 |
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| L-beta | 11.0690002 |
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Edge jumps
| K | 5.12666464 |
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| L1 | 1.15978312 |
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| L2 | 1.40999997 |
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| L3 | 2.63199997 |
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Fluorescence
yield
| K | 0.963 |
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| L1 | 0.114 |
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| L2 | 3.29699993 |
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| L3 | 66.8199997 |
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