Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chem
Electron micrograph of a Ni nanocrystal inside a single wall carbon nanotube; scale bar 5 nm
Widmanstätten pattern showing the two forms of nickel–iron, kamacite and taenite, in an octahedrite meteorite
Color of various Ni(II) complexes in aqueous solution. From left to right, [Ni(NH3)6]2+, [Ni(NH2CH2CH2NH2)3]2+, [Ni(H2O)5Cl]+, [Ni(H2O)6]2+
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanis
Platinum being dissolved in hot aqua regia
A native platinum nugget, Kondyor mine, Khabarovsk Krai
Platinum-palladium ore, Stillwater mine, Beartooth Mountains, Montana, US