Platinum Labware

The analytical laboratory is an important part of all industrial plants and research establishments. The techniques that are used here have developed rapidly in recent years, but the fundamentals upon which many of these techniques are based have remained constant. Most of the demand is the use of high-purity inert materials. In this category platinum (Pt) has properties that make it an ideal choice. It has a high degree of chemical inertness and yet can be readily fabricated into a wide variety of articles. These, in turn, are used in a wide range of applications: wet chemistry, loss on ignition, Lithium borate fusions, and crystal growth, for instance.