The companies said they will shorten the R&D-to-commercialization timeline, rapidly advancing low-iridium catalysts from ...

For more than a century, the kilogram was defined as the mass of a chunk of platinum-iridium alloy housed at the Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Considering this is not the most ...

Like gold and silver, platinum and palladium serve as investments that can help you hedge against inflation. However, ...

Researchers in Korea have successfully developed a new material that significantly enhances the efficiency of green hydrogen ...

It usually occurs in nature as elemental platinum, or is alloyed with small quantities of other metals, especially iridium. The most widespread role of platinum is as a catalyst, in particular in ...

Starting in the mid-1990s, iridium-tipped plugs appeared. Iridium is even harder than platinum, so these plugs were intended to last longer. They are also claimed to slightly increase combustion ...

The "Metal Iridium Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.The global metal iridium market is expected to grow with ...

Graphene could one day be involved in a new definition of the kilogram. To the left of gold in the periodic table are two elements — platinum and iridium — that are just as interesting in many ...

You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. There are many reasons to single out an element - in the case of iridium ...