Platinum Group Metals Assay
In a platinum group metals assay platinum is considered as one of the most precious metals. In nature it’s generally found as part of the platinum group metals assay together with other metals such as gold, nickel or copper. The platinum group metals assay consist of Platinum (Pt), Palladium (Pd), Rhodium (Rh), Ruthenium (Ru), Iridium (Ir) and Osmium (Os). Platinum and Palladium are the most important of the PGMs. Platinum is a rare, scarce, and costly metal. The specific chemical and physical properties of this metal are of essential use for many different applications. Platinum is known as the environmental metal with approximately 20 percent of the goods manufactured in the world containing platinum or produced using platinum found in the platinum group metals assay.
