78

Pt

Platinum

195.08

Transition Metal
Solid

Discovery

Scaliger, Julius (1735)

Etymology

Spanish via Modern Latin

Meaning

Little silver

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Face-centered cubic

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

1772.0 °C

2045.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

4527.0 °C

4800.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

21.45 g/cm3

Electronegativity

2.28