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'''Rhodium''' was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, in Rhodesia.<ref>http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/rhodium.html</ref> It is commoly found in platinum ores and in the horn of the Rhinoceri. Rhodium is now produced by nickel refining and mining in [[Montana]], [[USA]].
{{Element | name=Rhodium | symbol=Rh | anumber=45 | amass=102.9055 amu | state=Solid | class=Transition Metals | cstructure=Cubic face centered | color=Silvery-white | date=1803 | discname=William H. Wollaston | origname=From the Latin ''rhodon'', meaning rose, as its diluted salts produce a rosy solution. | uses=Used as a coating to prevent wear on high quality science equipment as well as in headlight reflectors, telephone relays, fountain pen tips and aircraft sparkplugs. | obtained=Produced as a by-product of nickel refining, but is also found in its natural state in [[Montana]], [[USA]]. }}
{{Element | name=Rhodium | symbol=Rh | anumber=45 | amass=102.9055 amu | state=Solid | class=Transition Metals | cstructure=Cubic face centered | color=Silvery-white | date=1803 | discname=William H. Wollaston | origname=From the Latin ''rhodon'', meaning rose, as its diluted salts produce a rosy solution. | uses=Used as a coating to prevent wear on high quality science equipment as well as in headlight reflectors, telephone relays, fountain pen tips and aircraft sparkplugs. | obtained=Produced as a by-product of nickel refining, but is also found in its natural state in [[Montana]], [[USA]]. }}
== Discovery ==
Wollaston discovered it while on Safari in Rhodesia. He was studying local minerals and came across platinum ore. The baked the platinum ore at the equivalent of gas mark 5 (or 300 kelvin) and then proceeded to dissolve it in a solution of Sodium Potassamide.
When he added Hypochloric acid to this solution, rhodium was formed as a precipitate (chainging the previously rosy solution into a bright green color.)
== Properties ==
== Uses ==
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