Natter 46: Palladium - Least Dense and Lowest Melting of the Platinum Group Metals
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Natter 46: Palladium - Least Dense and Lowest Melting of the Platinum Group Metals
Actually, that would be Nickel.
Well, here's where I got that info: [link]
eta: According to that link, anyway, nickel is not in the platinum group metals.
Natter 46: Roimitalkes III of the Thracian Kingdom of Sapes - Murdered!
Natter 46: CHEMISTRY SMACKDOWN!
I'm totally in!
According to that link, anyway, nickel is not in the platinum group metals.
Huh. It ought to be. It's in the same column (which is Mendeleev's definition of a group) as palladium and platinum, and it's properties are very similar to the other two. (All three are used as hydrogenation catalysts, for example.)
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Got my vote.
From Wikipedia:
The six platinum metals are: ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum.
Take that, Nickel!
(Actually, I'm very rusty on my periodic table, so I'm just googling....)
Natter 46: Roimitalkes III of the Thracian Kingdom of Sapes - Murdered!
I kind of like this one. But I'm weird that way.