Pt Platinum     Atomic number : 78 
    Relative atomic mass (12C = 12.0000) :  195.08 
    P H Y S I C A L     D A T A
Group 10 transition metal
 
Density / kg m-3 :  21 450 [293 K]
 
Melting point / K :  2045 
 
Boiling point / K :  4100 ± 100
 
    D I S C O V E R Y
Known to pre-Columbian South Americans and taken to Europe about 1750.
 
    G E O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Abundances
 
Sun (relative to H = 1 × 1012) : 56.2
 
Earth's crust / p.p.m. : c. 0.001
 
Residence time / years : n.a.
 
Oxidation state : II
 
  
 
Seawater / p.p.m. :
    Atlantic surface : n.a.
    Atlantic deep : n.a.
    Pacific surface : 1.1 × 10-7
    Pacific deep : 2.7 × 10-7
    B I O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Level in humans
 
Organs: n.a., but low
 
  
 
Daily dietary intake : n.a.
 
Total mass of element
in average (70 kg) person :
n.a.

 

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