platinize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of platinize
First recorded in 1815–25; platin(um) + -ize
Example Sentences
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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
Porcelain and other wares may be platinized, silvered, tinned, or bronzed, in a similar manner.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
Each of these latter is located in front of the platinized point of a screw, v, which is affixed to a small metallic tongue.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various
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)
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
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