This product has historical factory records. Recorded pack sizes and purity can be used as a supply reference, while project-specific availability is confirmed by inquiry.
3222 °F (NIOSH, 2024)
1772 °C.
1768.4 °C
1768.3 °C
1769 °C
Boiling Point
6921 °F at 760 mmHg (NIOSH, 2024)
3825 °C
3827 °C
6921 °F
Density
21.45 (NIOSH, 2024) - Denser than water; will sink
21.447 (calc)
21.45 g/cm³
21.45
Physical Description
Silvery, whitish-gray, malleable, ductile metal. Mp: 1772 °C; bp: 2187 °C. Density: 21.45 g cm-3 at room conditions (very dense). Also shipped as a finely divided powder (platinum black), as a sponge, and as particles deposited on a supporting material such as alumina. Has strong catalytic activity in these forms; finely divided platinum can be dangerous to handle in the vicinity of other chemicals on this account. Used platinum catalysts are particularly dangerous and can be explosive.
Other Solid; Dry Powder, Liquid, Other Solid
Appearance and odor vary depending upon the specific soluble platinum salt. [NIOSH]
Silver-grey lustrous solid; Also available as black powder (platinum black) and spongy solid (platinum sponge); [Merck Index]
Solid
Appearance
Silver-gray, lustrous, malleable and ductile metal; face-centered cubic structure. Also prepd in the form of a black powder (platinum black) and as spongy masses (platinum sponge).