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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 9 – Uses of Platinum
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Platinum is the least reactive metal found on the periodic table and has a high resistance to corrosion even whilst subjected to high temperatures. It is number 78 and has a silvery white appearance.
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 8 – Silver In Solar Panels
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Silver In Solar Panels Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 8 – Silver In Solar Panels As the world searches for more sustainable ways to meet the ever increasing energy demand from the growing population solar panels are often advocated as a way to harness the plentiful resource of the Sun, mode...
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 7 – Silver in Mirrors
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2016
It took until the 19th century for the process of silver coating to be applied to glass mirrors.
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 6 – Uses of Silver
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Silver, like gold has a large application in jewellery and currency. It is relatively more abundant than the other precious metals and this is reflected in its lower value.
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 5 – Gold in Nanotechnology
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Although no definite applications have yet been found, gold’s conductivity, thermal insulation properties and resistance to corrosion are likely to see it utilised more and more as the field of nanotechnology matures.
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 4 – Gold In Space
Article Last Updated: Monday, January 18, 2016
Gold also has excellent heat resistant and insulating capacities and many space probes make use of gold foil as a thermal insulator for prolonged operation in the cold vacuum of space where temperatures can vary massively from the sunlit side of a space craft to the shadowed side.
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 3 – Gold in Electronics
Article Last Updated: Thursday, December 17, 2015
Gold’s status as a noble metal means that along with other noble metals and the other precious metals we sell it has a number of properties that make it useful in industrial applications. For consumer electronics such as smart phones and tablet computers the most useful property of gold is its high...
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UKBullion’s Guide To Gold Investment
Article Last Updated: Monday, December 7, 2015
Many websites suggest investing in fine art and jewellery, however these options can leave the investor liable to pay capital gains tax upon any profit realised from their subsequent sale. In UKBullions Guide to Gold Investment we look at the options.
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Uses of Precious Metals Series : Episode 2 – Gold
Article Last Updated: Thursday, December 3, 2015
Gold is probably the most well known and desirable precious metal. Its chemical symbol is Au and it has an atomic number of 79 on the periodic table. It typically has a metallic yellow, or golden colour. Gold has been used and sought after throughout history as a symbol of power and wealth. It has d...
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Uses of Precious Metals Series: Episode 1 – Introduction
Article Last Updated: Wednesday, November 25, 2015
118 elements make up the periodic table of all known elements. These range from Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe to short lived elements created using particle accelerators and lasting only fractions of a second before decaying into other elements. The periodic table is further sp...
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