Platinum (Pt) is a rare and highly valuable transition metal found in approximately 25 % of consumer goods. This fact sheet outlines its chemical, physical, mechanical, and thermal properties and ...

Platinum was introduced in Europe around 1750. Even before the arrival of Columbus, platinum was well-known to native South Americans. Platinum belongs to the platinum group of metals and it is ...

Biomedical devices can be extremely advanced, technologically challenging, and complex products. Using the latest manufacturing techniques and often exotic materials, biomedical devices particularly ...

Alchemists of old, including the renowned Sir Isaac Newton, toiled in vain to turn the mundane into the precious. Lead into gold, that was the goal. Over time, alchemy turned to chemistry, but the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Switzerland news every morning. “If red gold has the colour of the sun, platinum has the colour of the moon,” says Thierry Nataf, the ...