platinize

American  

[plat-n-ahyz] / ˈplæt nˌaɪz /

especially British, platinise

verb (used with object)

platinized, platinizing

1. to coat or plate with metallic platinum.

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platinize British  

/ ˈplætɪˌnaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to coat with platinum

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Other Word Forms

• platinization
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of platinize

First recorded in 1815–25; platin(um) + -ize

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

platinized

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 S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

Porcelain and other wares may be platinized, silvered, tinned, or bronzed, in a similar manner.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young

The platinized plates thus obtained are quite satisfactory for the investigation of strong solutions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various

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 John Tyndall

In that of M. Dennstedt, which was first proposed in 1902, the substance is vaporized in a tube containing at one end platinum foil, platinized quartz, or platinized asbestos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

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