3. Continued
• Platinum costs $4700 per 100g
• Group 10
• Period 6
• Normal phase is solid
• Platinum is a metal
• Patinum is found in gold bearing
sands,Columbia and western US
4. Benefits
• Platinum is tarnish resistant
• It doesn’t effect the environment at all
• Shiny and smooth
5. What it’s used for
• Making jewlry
• Laboratory utensils
• Electrical resistant wires
• Making leaded gasoline
6. Harms/ safety concerns
• Can cause DNA alterations
• Can cause hearing damage
• Can kill animals who eat plant roots that
have platinum in them