Platinite

[plat-n-ahyt]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for an alloy of about 55 percent iron and 45 percent nickel, having the same coefficient of expansion as platinum and used as a substitute for platinum in electrical work.

Example Sentences

They are generally due to metallic dust in the paste of the paper, or from particles of undissolved salt in the platinite solution.

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The alloy of iron with 46 per cent. nickel is called "platinite" because its rate of expansion and contraction is the same as platinum and glass, and so it can be used to replace the platinum wire passing through the glass of an electric light bulb.

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