platinic

[ pluh-tin-ik ]

adjective

, Chemistry.

1. of or containing platinum, especially in the tetravalent state.

platinic

/ pləˈtɪnɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing platinum, esp in the tetravalent state

Word History and Origins

Origin of platinic¹

First recorded in 1835–45; platin(um) + -ic

Example Sentences

Then there is Dode's process for platinising glass, by which a reflecting mirror is produced without silvering or otherwise coating its back, by first applying a thin coating of platinic choride mixed with an oil to the surface of the glass and heating the same, by which the mirror reflects from its front face.

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Platinic worth of his approximate 240 Ibs.: $300,000-$1,900,000 less than the 243� Ibs. in diamonds he got in 1946.

From Time Magazine Archive

Double salts of cerous chloride with stannic chloride, mercuric chloride, and platinic chloride are also known.

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They give a characteristic pale red precipitate with sodium pyrophosphate, soluble in an excess of the precipitant; they also form precipitates on the addition of platinic chloride and potassium ferrocyanide.

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They are soluble in water and give characteristic precipitates with platinic and auric chlorides, and with potassium ferrocyanide.

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