Definition of Platinum black

1. Noun. A fine black powder of platinum; used as a catalyst in chemical reactions.

Generic synonyms: Accelerator, Catalyst

Lexicographical Neighbors of Platinum Black

platinocyanic
platinocyanic acid
platinocyanide
platinocyanides
platinode
platinodes
platinoid
platinoids
platinoso-
platinotype
platinotypes
platinous
platinum
platinum-blonde
platinum arsenide
platinum black (current term)
platinum blond
platinum blonde
platinum compounds
platinum foil
platinum group
platinum sombrero
platinum thermometer
platinumlike
platinums
platinumsmith
platinumsmiths
platitude
platitudes
platitudinal

Literary usage of Platinum black

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"The Preparation of platinum black.—Of the various methods which have been ... In their study of the reducing action of platinum black on nitrates in the ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"A powerful platinum-black is obtained by fusing 1 pt. of platinum ore with 2 ... Since the platinum-black thus obtained is still mixed with the osmium and ..."

3. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"platinum black prepared according to the method of Loew (62) serves best." Palladium black can also be used: it is prepared by reducing ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"platinum black is frequently used in organic chemistry as an oxidising agent, and it has been successfully applied in place of oxide of copper in organic ..."

5. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1858)
"Platinum-black, like wood charcoal, absorbs and condenses gases in its pores, with evolution of heat, a property which must assist its action on oxygen and ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"THE HYDROLYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF ETHYL BUTYRATE BY platinum black. KASTLE and Lowenhart have shown that the catalytic action of the enzyme lipase is ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1895)
"As the result of these experiments they find that platinum black dried ... At any given temperature the water retained by platinum black seems to be ..."

8. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"(1170) platinum black.—Platinum may be obtained in a state of subdivision ... A very energetic form of platinum black is obtained on adding a solution of ..."

9. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"The Preparation of platinum black.—Of the various methods which have been ... In their study of the reducing action of platinum black on nitrates in the ..."

10. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"A powerful platinum-black is obtained by fusing 1 pt. of platinum ore with 2 ... Since the platinum-black thus obtained is still mixed with the osmium and ..."

11. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"platinum black prepared according to the method of Loew (62) serves best." Palladium black can also be used: it is prepared by reducing ..."

12. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"platinum black is frequently used in organic chemistry as an oxidising agent, and it has been successfully applied in place of oxide of copper in organic ..."

13. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1858)
"Platinum-black, like wood charcoal, absorbs and condenses gases in its pores, with evolution of heat, a property which must assist its action on oxygen and ..."

14. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"THE HYDROLYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF ETHYL BUTYRATE BY platinum black. KASTLE and Lowenhart have shown that the catalytic action of the enzyme lipase is ..."

15. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1895)
"As the result of these experiments they find that platinum black dried ... At any given temperature the water retained by platinum black seems to be ..."

16. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"(1170) platinum black.—Platinum may be obtained in a state of subdivision ... A very energetic form of platinum black is obtained on adding a solution of ..."

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