Platinum
ALDRICH/267201 - wire, diam. 0.5 mm, 99.99% trace metals basis
Synonym: Platinum element; Platinum gray
CAS Number: 7440-06-4
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Pt
Molecular Weight: 195.08
EC Number: 231-116-1
MDL Number: MFCD00011179
Linear Formula: Pt
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.99% trace metals basis |
| bp | 3827 °C (lit.) |
| density | 21.45 g/cm3 (lit.) |
| diam. | 0.5 mm |
| form | annealed |
| wire | |
| InChI | 1S/Pt |
| InChI key | BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 1772 °C (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 100  |
| resistivity | 10.6 μΩ-cm, 20°C |
| SMILES string | [Pt] |
| Application: | Pt wire may be used : • as a microelectrode-indicator electrode in voltammetry • as a transvascular embolic agent • to study chronopotentiometry of hydrogen peroxide with a platinum wire electrode or • in gas detection instruments. |
| General description: | Platinum (Pt) is a highly ductile, malleable and unreactive metal. It is resistant to corrosion and stable at high temperatures. Although resistant to hydrochloric and nitric acid, it dissolves readily in hot aqua regia to form chloroplatinic acid. |
| Packaging: | 2 g in rigid mailer |
| Packaging: | 400 mg in rigid mailer |
| Preparation Note: | 400 mg = 10 cm; 2 g = 50 cm |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.99% trace metals basis |
| bp | 3827 °C (lit.) |
| mp | 1772 °C (lit.) |
| Density | 21.45 g/cm3 (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12141734 |