Reference tables for the Pt-30 percent Rh versus Pt-6 percent Rh thermocouple

Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 electrocatalysts for oxidizing ethanol to CO2.

Ethanol, with its high energy density, likely production from renewable sources and ease of storage and transportation, is almost the ideal combustible for fuel cells wherein its chemical energy can be converted directly into electrical energy. However, commercialization of direct ethanol fuel cells has been impeded by ethanol's slow, inefficient oxidation even at the best electrocatalysts. We ...

Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Equilibria for Pt-Rh Alloys

Alloys of platinum and rhodium are extensively used in thermocouples for high-temperature measurement and as clean and inert heating elements in experimental high-temperature furnaces. The phase diagram for the Pt-Rh system is inadequately characterized.[1] The liquidus has been measured by Müller[2] and Acken.[3] The results have been normalized using more recent values for the melting points ...

Temperature Dependence of the Chemical Properties of Pt-rh Surfaces

Construction and Application of a Rh–Pt DNA Metalloinsertor Conjugate

We report the synthesis and characterization of a bimetallic conjugate (RhPt) in which an oxaliplatin derivative is tethered to a rhodium metalloinsertor through an aminomalonate leaving group ligand. The complex interacts with DNA through metalloinsertion at a base pair mismatch followed by formation of a covalent Pt-DNA adduct. Characterization of RhPt in mismatch repair-deficient HCT116O cel...

Growth of Rh, Pd, and Pt films on Cu(100).

The growth of vapor-deposited films of Rh, Pd, and Pt on Cu(100) at 300 K was followed by Auger-electron and low-energy ion scattering spectroscopies. A tendency (strong for Rh, weaker for both Pd and Pt) for Cu to remain on the surface as the film grows was observed, consistent with expectations based on surface energy considerations. The much smaller difference in behavior between Pt and Pd t...