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  2. Platinum - Wikipedia

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    The resistance wire in the thermometer is made of pure platinum (NIST manufactured the wires from platinum bar stock with a chemical purity of 99.999% by weight). [ 77 ] [ 78 ] In addition to laboratory uses, Platinum Resistance Thermometry (PRT) also has many industrial applications, industrial standards include ASTM E1137 and IEC 60751.

  3. Warren De la Rue - Wikipedia

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    In 1840, he enclosed a platinum coil in a vacuum tube and passed an electric current through it, [8] thus creating one of the world's first electric light bulbs. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The design was based on the concept that the high melting point of platinum would allow it to operate at high temperatures and that the evacuated chamber would contain ...

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.

  5. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known powder metallurgy, and earliest working of platinum in the world, was apparently developed by the cultures of Esmeraldas (northwest Ecuador) before the Spanish conquest [17] Beginning with the La Tolita culture (600 BC – 200 CE), Ecuadorian cultures mastered the soldering of platinum grains through alloying with copper ...

  6. History of the periodic table - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Development of the table of chemical elements The American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg —after whom the element seaborgium is named—standing in front of a periodic table, May 19, 1950 Part of a series on the Periodic table Periodic table forms 18-column 32-column Alternative and extended ...

  7. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    2004: First podcast, invented by Adam Curry and Dave Winer, is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet and it usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. [544] [545] [546] 2005: YouTube, the first popular video-streaming site, was founded

  8. Platinum coin - Wikipedia

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    The most notable examples are the Platinum cat, [8] and Platinum Noble by the Isle of Man, Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf, [9] Chinese Platinum Panda and Australian Platinum Koala. [citation needed] The minting of a trillion-dollar platinum coin was proposed as a solution to the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis.

  9. Edmond Becquerel - Wikipedia

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    In 1839, at age 19, experimenting in his father's laboratory, Becquerel created the world's first photovoltaic cell. In this experiment, silver chloride or silver bromide was used to coat the platinum electrodes ; once the electrodes were illuminated, voltage and current were generated.