Platinum, Pt
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Platinum is a metal in group VIII of the periodic table with atomic number 78, an atomic weight of 195.09, and a density of 
21.4 Mg/m3. It has a melting temperature of 1769 C.

The electronic configuration of platinum is: (Xe)(4f)14(5d)9(6s)1, and it has an atomic radius of 0.139 nm.

At room temperature the metal has the fcc crystal structure with a basis of one platinum atom per lattice site. The lattice parameter is 0.392 nm.

Platinum has a Young's modulus of 172 GPa, a UTS of 140 MPa, and a fracture strain of 0.4.

From: Callister, 
"Materials Science and Engineering," 
Wiley (1994)