Look up: rhodium

1. Rhodium
   A metal that is part of the platinum family. Silver, gold, and even base metals were often Rhodium plated during the 30's and 40's to give them the white, shiny look associated with platinum.
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2. rhodium
   [n] - a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores
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3. Rhodium
   Rhodium does not appear naturally, tending to be found with other platinum group metals. It is a hard, lustrous, silvery coloured metal which is stable in air. Rhodium is inert to all acids but is attacked by fused alkalis. The metal has high thermal and electrical conductivities and is alloyed with...
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4. rhodium
   a silvery-white,hard but ductile metal Category: Chemistry
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5. rhodium
   A hard, durable silvery-white metallic element which is used to form high-temperature alloys with platinum or plated onto other metals. Many Victorian silver or gold brooches have been 'modernised' -and ruined - by rhodium plating to make them look like platinum.
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6. Rhodium
   Rho'di·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek 'ro`don the rose. So called from the rose-red color of certain of its solutions. See Rhododendron .] (Chemistry) A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, an...
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7. rhodium
   <chemistry> A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specific gravity 12. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. 'rodon the rose. So called from the rose-red colour of...
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8. rhodium
   Rh noun a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum
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9. rhodium
   (Rh) (ro´de-әm) a chemical element, atomic number 45, atomic weight 102.905.
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10. Rhodium
    • (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specific gravity 12.
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11. rhodium
    (Rh), chemical element, one of the platinum metals of Group VIIIb of the periodic table, predominantly used as an alloying agent to harden platinum. ... [5 related articles]
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12. rhodium
    rhodium (rō'dēum) , metallic chemical element; symbol Rh; at. no. 45; at. wt. 102.9055; m.p. about 1,966°C; b.p. 3,727±100°C; sp. gr. 12.41 at 20°C; valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. Rhodium is a lustrous, silver-white, chemically resistant metal in the so-called platin...
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13. Rhodium
    Rhodium is a metal element with the symbol Rh.
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14. rhodium
    (Rh) Type: Term Pronunciation: rō′dē-ŭm Definitions: 1. A metallic element, atomic no. 45, atomic wt. 102.90550.
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15. rhodium
    Hard, silver-white, metallic element, atomic number 45, relative atomic mass 102.905. It is one of the so-called platinum group metals and is resistant to tarnish, corrosion, and acid. It occurs as a free metal in the natural alloy osmiridium and is used in jewellery, electroplating, and thermocouples
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16. rhodium
    Many Victorian silver or gold brooches have been 'modernised' -and ruined - by rhodium plating to make them look like platinum.
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