platinize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of platinize
First recorded in 1815–25; platin(um) + -ize
Example Sentences
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This may be remedied as far as possible by the insertion of plenty of waste pieces of platinum--if platinized, so much the better, as that facilitates the escape of the gas.
From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)
Zinc is burnt up at the same place, magnesium bursts into vivid combustion, while a sheet of platinized platinum, placed at the focus, is heated to whiteness.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John
Asbestos prepared in this way is called platinized asbestos.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
Glass and crystal ware, plate and window glass, and the same silvered, quicksilvered, and platinized.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Harrison, Benjamin
It consists of a piece of platinized silver, A, on the top of which is fixed a beam of wood, B, to prevent contact with the silver.
From History and Practice of the Art of Photography by Snelling, Henry Hunt
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