Many readers will recall from high-school physics that one of the metric system’s references for the standardized length of a meter was a rod of platinum-iridium alloy. Those two metals provide a ...

Research and industrial markets supplier Goodfellow highlights the “exceptional” properties of platinum/iridium alloys, which make the alloys suitable for use in electronics within the medical field.

Precious metals may seem unlikely as engineering materials, but the same expensive metals used for coinage and jewelry also satisfy applications requiring the ultimate in corrosion resistance or ...

THE Warden of the Standards has, in his valuable annual reports, described the steps which have been taken to secure new International Metric Standards, and Mr. Chisholm has also given abundant ...

GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Forty feet underground, secured in a temperature- and humidity-controlled vault here, lies Kilogram No. 20. It’s an espresso-shot-sized, platinum-iridium cylinder that is the ...

Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate.

Mattiq's Dr Mike Ashley interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer. Video: Darlene Creamer. Iridium anode, platinum cathode of PEM fuel cell – Heraeus infographic. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ...

With inflation fears mounting across global markets, precious metals are once again commanding investor attention—but this ...