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Platinum X Hydrogenation: Mtuan - 11as1

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Platinum x

hydrogenation
Mtuan – 11as1
 Atomic number: 78
 Relative Atomic mass: 195.085
 Group 10, Period 6
Properties  Electronegativity: 2.28

(both  Oxide: mildly basic


 Color: silvery white
Physical + Chemical)
 Dense, malleable, ductile
 Mp: 1772°C; bp: 2187°C
 Stupid units: 3222°F / 6921°F
 Crap expensive
 Famous because it’s highly unreactive (noble metal)
 In jewelery, catalytic converters, laboratory equipment, electrical
contacts and electrodes, platinum resistance thermometers,
Why Pt dentistry equipment
 $980 per 31.1034768g (lol)
 Gold (for comparision) $1873 per 31.1034768g, not very bad.

*31.1034768g = 1 troy ounce


Common
examples of
hydrogenation

It’s basically adding hydrogen to


an unsaturated double/triple bond
 In this reaction,
Platinum is a
heterogeneous catalyst
Platinum
 Precious metal hydrogenation (such as Pt) catalysts are
involvement deposited as a fine powder on the support, which is a cheap,
bulky, porous, usually granular (rocky) material
 In this case, 1% Pt on alumina (Al2O3)
 This helps to lowers activation energy
1. Binding of the unsaturated bond,
and hydrogen dissociation into
atomic hydrogen (H) onto the
catalyst (Pt) surface
2. Addition of one H atom to one C
The process of side (this step is reversible as the
catalysis other C is still attached to the
surface of Pt)
3. Addition of the second atom,
leaving the catalyst; effectively
irreversible under hydrogenating
conditions
 Platinum is recovered (unchanged) therefore it can go and
catalyse another reaction
 Or else it could get extracted again and still remained intact
 Therefore we should not lose our expensive crap and cry

After that
More kicks and
giggles
 Platinum can also work as a catalytic converter (found inside cars)
 With the catalytic surface, it can collect oxygen atoms (O), and letting
them bind with toxic Carbon Monoxide (CO) forming ”better” CO2
 Could catalyse the decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide into H2O +
Oxygen
 Also used in Fuel Cells as a catalyst for the reduction of Oxygen
thank you, bye bye

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