Term: rhodium (Rh)
Literally
meaning: “pertaining
to rose”
Origin: Anc Greek
ρόδον/rhodon(=rose)
> ραδανός/rhadanos(soft, fragile)
Coined/History
Rhodium was discovered by English chemist William Hyde
Wollaston (1766-1828) in 1803
and named because of the rose
color of one of its chlorine compounds.
Definition
Rhodium (Rh) is a chemical element with atomic number
45 and atomic mass 102.90550. It is a hard
silvery and inert (noble) metal. Rhodium together with palladium, ruthenium,
iridium, platinum belongs to the platinum group. Rhodium is used as catalytic converter for
cars and in alloys with platinum and iridium.
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