Issue 66, 2017

The RSC Faraday prize lecture of 1989 on platinum

Abstract

In 1861, Michael Faraday gave one of his last Friday Evening Discourses at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, on platinum, which he described as “this beautiful, magnificent and valuable metal”. More than a hundred and twenty years later (in 1989), the author re-enacted, at the Royal Institution, many of the demonstrations that Faraday carried out in his memorable Discourse. This article outlines many of Faraday's views on, and experiments with, platinum. It also describes the continuing importance and utilization of platinum, both as perceived in 1989 and from present perspectives.

Graphical abstract: The RSC Faraday prize lecture of 1989 on platinum

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
16 5月 2017
Accepted
16 5月 2017
First published
07 8月 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 9185-9197

The RSC Faraday prize lecture of 1989 on platinum

J. M. Thomas, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 9185 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC90240A

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