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platina

/plat-n-uh, pluh-tee-nuh/US // ˈplæt n ə, pləˈti nə //UK // (ˈplætɪnə, pləˈtiːnə) //

铂金,铂金矿,铂金卡,铂金矿区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.

Examples

  • An exceedingly few rays of the sun, concentrated by a burning mirror, will convert gold and platina into vapor.

  • Nitrous acid dissolves all metallic substances except gold and platina, and in the solution nitrous air is produced.

  • Neither this acid nor the nitrous will dissolve gold or platina; but a mixture of them, called aqua regia, will do it.

  • Pure platina is the heaviest body in nature, its specific gravity exceeding twenty-two.

  • Also most of the metals precipitate platina, but not in its metallic state.