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| Platinum
is a metal in group VIII of the periodic table with atomic number 78, an
atomic weight of 195.09, and a density of
21.4 Mg/m3. It has a melting temperature of 1769 C. The electronic configuration of platinum is: (Xe)(4f)14(5d)9(6s)1, and it has an atomic radius of 0.139 nm. At room temperature the metal has the fcc crystal structure with a basis of one platinum atom per lattice site. The lattice parameter is 0.392 nm. Platinum has a Young's modulus of 172 GPa, a UTS of 140 MPa, and a fracture strain of 0.4. |
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| From:
Callister,
"Materials Science and Engineering," Wiley (1994) |
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