Resources

http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/pt.html
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele078.html
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Pt.html

Bohr Model

 

Number of Energy Levels: 6

First Energy Level: 2

Second Energy Level: 8

Third energy Level: 18

Fourth Energy Level: 32 
Fifth Energy Level: 17
Sixth Energy Level: 1

Platinum's Orbital Notation & Electron Configuration

1s² 2s²p⁶ 3s²p⁶d¹⁰ 4s²p⁶d¹⁰f¹⁴ 5s²p⁶d⁹ 6s¹

Uses of Platinum

Platinum was used to make Jewlry, containers, & catalyst.

Boiling & Melting Point of the Element

Boiling Point: 3825°C or 6917°F
Melting Point: 1768.4°C or 3215.1°F

Platinum Facts

State of Matter: Solid
Type of Element: Metal
Color of the element: Silverish
Period Number: 6
Family Name: None
Family Number: 10
Name of Elements in Platinum's group: Nickel, Pallidium, Darmstadtium

Atomic Number & Atomis Mass

Platinum's Atomic Number: 78

Atomic Mass 195.078

Who & When Platinum was discovered

Platinum was discovered by astronomers Antonio de Ulloa and Don Jorge Juan y Santacilia in 1735. However the first European reference to platinum appears in 1557 in the writings of the Italian humanist Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484-1558). Charles Wood independently isolated the element in 1741. The alchemical symbol for platinum was made by joining the symbols of silver and gold

Element Symbol

Where the name Platinum comes from

In 1748, Don Antonio de Ulloa published in Europe an account of his travels in New Spain in 1735. He brought to notice a heavy black sand that had been known for some two centuries,which he called "platina" del Pinto "little silver of the river Pinto."