of or containing platinum, esp in the tetravalent state
platinic in American English
(pləˈtɪnɪk)
adjective
of, like, or containing platinum, esp. tetravalent platinum
platinic in American English
(pləˈtɪnɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
of or containing platinum, esp. in the tetravalent state
Word origin
[1835–45; platin(um) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, crosshead, grandstand, hot plate, serial-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'platinic' in a sentence
platinic
Many methods for the preconcentration-recovery of platinic metals are based on complexing sorbents.
CARMEN PADURARU, DOINA BILBA, IOAN SARGHIE, LAVINIA TOFAN 2005, 'A sorption study of Pd(II) on aminomethylphosphonic purolite resin S-940', Journal of the Serbian Chemical Societyhttp://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/vol70/No10/JSCS_V70_No10-10.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As platinic metals have a high tendency to form complexes, the complex-forming sorbents are particularly useful.
CARMEN PADURARU, DOINA BILBA, IOAN SARGHIE, LAVINIA TOFAN 2005, 'A sorption study of Pd(II) on aminomethylphosphonic purolite resin S-940', Journal of the Serbian Chemical Societyhttp://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/vol70/No10/JSCS_V70_No10-10.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)