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Category: Metallurgy and Materials
Subject: Crystal structure of platinum
What is the crystal structure of platinum? How are the atoms placed together?
Answer
Platinum adopts a face centred cubic crystal structure. This is also known as a cubic close packed structure.
See, for instance the databases in Links. Properties: Chemical, Physical - WebElements is the simplest, and search for platinum.
Answer posted December 2004
Submitted by: Mr Brian Palumbo
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Answered by: Richard Seymour
Affiliation: Johnson Matthey