[Red Badger]

That means only 1/4 the platinum necessary than before for catalytic converters, etc........

[Red Badger]

Nanocrystal Platinum Ping!.....

[1Old Pro]

let’s hope cat converters drop from 1-2k to $250

[Publius6961]

Are you sure this was China?
I heard a rumor it was really the advanced tech segment of "palestinian' industries...

Just saying.

[TexasCajun]

At some point in the future I expect Hydrogen produced energy to be commercialized.

I believe American ingenuity and economic fortune will drive this new industry.

At that point, I expect liberals will find some point to object to it.

...just as they have carbon, nuclear, hydro, solar and wind!

Solar & wind farms produce visual pollution, don't ya know.

[DManA]

National Geographic some years ago did a story on platinum. It is an amazing element crucial to our standard of living.

Platinum plays a vital role as a catalyst for many important reactions,

[Jack of all Trades]

Fascinating...

I wonder what the graphs in the picture represent.

[Edward Watson]

Well, that’s simple enough. Just have the Platinum crystals accrete onto the Carbon substrate within a Yttrium-Boron gas at 1650C under 14,000 kilonewtons of pressure. This will force the crystals to get smaller. It’ll only take around 4 minutes to form around 2.5 mg/sq meter.

I’m surprised they don’t seem to know this - we use the process everyday at our plant in Nebraska where we make Platinum-hulled spaceships for exploring Uranus.

[Kevmo]

Bump for later reading. Sounds familiar again.