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Meaning of 铂

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(Trad.: 鉑)
Pinyin:
English Definition: platinum (chemistry)
Chinese Definition:
①一种金属元素,可制坩锅、蒸发皿,亦是化学上常用的催化剂。铂和铱的合金是制造自来水笔笔尖的材料。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (metal) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ jīn ] gold, metal; money
    • [ bái ] white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
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Example Sentences
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A few inches away, another catalyst, platinum, helps that bare proton become hydrogen.
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On her eleventh birthday, her father bought her a convertible. The car had platinum rims and silver spokes.
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It was just a garden variety platinum nucleus pretending to be a monopole by cleverly decaying into osmium and tantalum.
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Palladium (Pd): Palladium is similar to platinum in both appearance and in use; it appears in vehicle emissions equipment and electronics. It's also a key component in fuel cells.
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Palladium (Pd): Palladium is similar to platinum in both appearance and in use; it appears in vehicle emissions equipment and electronics.