Platinum intools7/10/2023 Platinum is one of the least reactive metals. ![]() Because of its scarcity in Earth's crust, only a few hundred tonnes are produced annually, and given its important uses, it is highly valuable and is a major precious metal commodity. It occurs in some nickel and copper ores along with some native deposits, mostly in South Africa, which accounts for 80% of the world production. It is one of the rarer elements in Earth's crust, with an average abundance of approximately 5 μg/kg. Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of elements. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its name is derived from Spanish platina, a diminutive of plata "silver". It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
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